Arabidopsis is susceptible to the cereal ear blight fungal pathogens Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum

Plant Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 961-973

  Urban, Martin ^a   Daniels, Steve ^a,b   Mott, Ellie ^a,c   Hammond Kosack, Kim ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Monsanto UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Deoxynivalenol; Flower disease; Fusarium ear blight; Gibberella zeae

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DISEASES; GENES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); SEED; TISSUE; TOBACCO;

CROPPING PRACTICES;

FUNGI;

AGAMOUS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FABACEAE; FLOWERS; FUSARIUM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYCOTOXINS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; SOLANACEAE; SOYBEANS; TOBACCO; TRICHOTHECENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; GLYCINE MAX; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036954561     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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