The tomato-Cladosporium fulvum interaction: A versatile experimental system to study plant-pathogen interactions

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue , 1999, Pages 335-367

  Joosten, M H A J ^a   De Wit, P J G M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avirulence; Elicitor; Gene for gene; Receptor; Resistance; Two component system; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; HOST RESISTANCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION;

CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM;

EID: 0032695338     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.37.1.335     Document Type: Article

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