Pathogenic fungi: Leading or led by ambient pH?

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 509-516

  Prusky, Dov ^a   Yakoby, Nir ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0242507550     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1364-3703.2003.00196.x     Document Type: Review

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