Host-specific differentiation in the anther smut fungus Microbotryum violaceum as revealed by microsatellites

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 188-198

  Bucheli, E ^a   Gautschi, B ^b   Shykoff, J A ^a,c  

^a Experimental Ecology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Caryophyllaceae; Host races; Host parasite specialization; Plant pathogen; Pollinator borne disease; Ustilago violacea

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST SPECIFICITY; TAXONOMY;

MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; USTILAGO VIOLACEA;

EID: 0034003131     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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