Role of polyamines in the infection of sugarcane buds by Ustilago scitaminea spores

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-64

  Piñon, Dolores ^a   De Armas, Roberto ^b   Vicente, Carlos ^c   Legaz, María Estrella ^c  

^a Institute of Sugar Cane Research   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Polyamines; Sugarcane; Ustilago scitaminea

Indexed keywords

CADAVERINE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; MYCOSIS; PLANT DISEASE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SPORISORIUM SCITAMINEUM; USTILAGO; USTILAGO SCITAMINEA;

EID: 0033041160     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(99)80067-9     Document Type: Article

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