Leptosphaeria maculans, the causal agent of blackleg disease of Brassicas

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Howlett, Barbara J ^a   Idnurm, Alexander ^a   Pedras, M Soledade C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avirulence; Detoxification; Fungal genes; Mating type; Phoma lingam; Phomalide; Phytoalexins; Phytotoxins; Secondary metabolites; Sirodesmin; Virulence

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; 2 CYCLOHEXENONE; ABC TRANSPORTER; CHITINASE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOALEXIN; PIPERAZINEDIONE; PLANT TOXIN; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYKETIDE; PYRONE DERIVATIVE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; BRASSICA; DETOXIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE MAPPING; GENOME; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; VIRULENCE;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; PHOMA; PHOMA LINGAM; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0035572728     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.2001.1274     Document Type: Review

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