Use of a Fusarium graminearum strain transformed with green fluorescent protein to study infection in wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 453-463

  Miller, S Shea ^a   Chabot, Denise M P ^a   Ouellet, Thérèse ^a   Harris, Linda J ^a   Fedak, George ^a  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonization events; Fusarium graminearum; Green fluorescent protein; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 17044400269     PISSN: 07060661     EISSN: 17152992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07060660409507165     Document Type: Article

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