Activity of the Antifungal Protein from Aspergillus giganteus Against Botrytis cinerea

Phytopathology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1344-1353

  Moreno, Ana Beatriz ^a   Martínez Del Pozo, Álvaro ^b   Borja, Marisé ^c   San Segundo, Blanca ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Fundación Promiva   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pelargonium

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS GIGANTEUS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; FUNGI; PELARGONIUM;

EID: 0242308193     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.2003.93.11.1344     Document Type: Article

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