Purification of an elicitor-inducible antifungal chitinase from suspension-cultured rice cells

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-139

  Velazhahan, R ^b   Samiyappan, R ^b   Vidhyasekaran, P ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basic chitinase; Hyphal lysis; Oryza sativa; Rhizoctonia solani; Sheath blight

Indexed keywords

RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI;

EID: 0034081903     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02981742     Document Type: Article

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