Transformation of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, causal agent of Fusarium wilt of banana, with the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-75

  Visser, Marinda ^a   Gordon, Thomas R ^b   Wingfield, Brenda D ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^a   Viljoen, Altus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. CUBENSE; FUSARIUM SP.;

EID: 1842427803     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AP03084     Document Type: Article

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