The dark side of the mycelium: Melanins of phytopathogenic fungi

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue , 1999, Pages 447-471

  Henson, Joan M ^a   Butler, Michael J ^b   Day, Alan W ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gaeumannomyces; Hyphopodia; Melanin; Phialophora; Secretion; Take all

Indexed keywords

GAEUMONNOMYCES GRAMINIS; PHIALOPHORA;

EID: 0032716288     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.37.1.447     Document Type: Article

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