The endopolygalacturonase gene Bcpg1 is required to full virulence of Botrytis cinerea

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1009-1016

  Ten Have, Arjen ^a   Mulder, Wietse ^a   Visser, Jaap ^a   Van Kan, Jan A L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gray mold; Pathogenicity; Pectin

Indexed keywords

APPLE; FUNGAL GENE; MUTANT; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYGALACTURONIC ACID; SUCROSE; TOMATO; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0032190199     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.1998.11.10.1009     Document Type: Article

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