Effects of UV-B radiation on growth, pigmentation, and spore production in the phytopathogenic fungus Alternaria solani

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2093-2099

  Fourtouni, Antonia ^a   Manetas, Yiannis ^a   Christias, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alternaria solani; Growth; Pigments; Sporulation; UV B

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL GROWTH; FUNGAL SPORE; MELANIN; PIGMENTATION; SPOROGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VIRULENCE;

FUNGUS; GROWTH RESPONSE; PATHOGEN; SPORE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0032324469     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-76-12-2093     Document Type: Article

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