Defence reactions in two potato cultivars following infection with two races of Phytophthora infestans

Potato Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-325

  Tonon, Claudia ^a   Andreu, Adriana ^a   Aued, Maria Elvira ^a   Van Damme, Marcela ^b   Huarte, M ^b   Daleo, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chitinases; Glucanases; Hydrolytic enzymes; Phytoalexins; Potato blight; Solanum tuberosum L.

Indexed keywords

PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS;

EID: 0032463452     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02358964     Document Type: Article

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