Detecting and differentiating Acremonium implicatum: Developing a PCR-based method for an endophytic fungus associated with the genus Brachiaria

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-118

  Kelemu, Segenet ^a   Dongyi, Huang ^a   Guixiu, Huang ^a,b   Takayama, Yuka ^a,c  

^a Ctro Internacional Agric T   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Research and Development Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM IMPLICATUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIARIA; FUNGI; POACEAE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS TRANSLUCENS PV. GRAMINIS;

EID: 0037339605     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1364-3703.2003.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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