Distribution and characterization of AKT homologs in the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata

Phytopathology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 762-768

  Masunaka, A ^a   Tanaka, A ^b   Tsuge, T ^b   Peever, T L ^c   Timmer, L W ^d   Yamamoto, M ^e   Yamamoto, H ^a   Akimitsu, K ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fungi; Host specific toxin; Phytopathogen

Indexed keywords

ACT TOXIN; AK TOXIN GENE; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLACK ROT; BROWN SPOT DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCING; HOST SELECTIVE TOXIN; JAPAN; MINNEOLA ANGELO; MYCOTOXIN; PEAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAWBERRY; UNITED STATES;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ALTERNATA ALTERNATA; CITRUS; CITRUS JAMBHIRI; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS TANGELO; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; FUNGI; MINNEOLA; MINNEOLA TANGELO; PUNCTUM BLANDIANUM; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0034086834     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.2000.90.7.762     Document Type: Article

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