Selfing versus outcrossing propensity of the fungal pathogen Microbotryum violaceum across Silene latifolia host plants

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 340-349

  Kaltz, O ^a   Shykoff, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anther smut; Breeding system; Conjugation; Inbreeding; Ustilago

Indexed keywords

MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 0032967073     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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