Dehydrodimers of ferulic acid in maize grain pericarp and aleurone: Resistance factors to Fusarium graminearum

Phytopathology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 712-719

  Bily, A C ^a,e   Reid, L M ^b   Taylor, J H ^c   Johnston, D ^a   Malouin, C ^a   Burt, A J ^a   Bakan, B ^d   Regnault Roger, C ^e   Pauls, K P ^c   Arnason, J T ^a   Philogene B J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Cell wall cross linking; Diferulate; HPLC; Kernel; Phenolics; Segregating population

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038284940     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.2003.93.6.712     Document Type: Article

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