Sex-specific effect of Microbotryum violaceum (Uredinales) spores on healthy plants of the gynodioecious Gypsophila repens (Caryophyllaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 896-900

  López Villavicencio, Manuela ^a   Branca, Antoine ^a   Giraud, Tatiana ^a   Shykoff, Jacqui A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Female maintenance; Fungus; Gynodioecy; Gypsophila; Microbotryum; Pathogen; Uredinales

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; GYNODIOECY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARYOPHYLLACEAE; FUNGI; GYPSOPHILA; GYPSOPHILA REPENS; MICROBOTRYUM; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; UREDINALES;

EID: 18244389196     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.5.896     Document Type: Article

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