Host-specific AB-toxin production by germinating spores of Alternaria brassicicola is induced by a host-derived oligosaccharide

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 12-19

  Oka, Kumiko ^a   Akamatsu, Hajime ^b,c   Kodama, Motoichiro ^b   Nakajima, Hiromitsu ^b   Kawada, Toshinari ^b   Otani, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AB toxin; Alternaria brassicicola; Brassica plants; Host specific toxin; Oligosaccharide; Toxin inducing factor

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; BRASSICA; FUNGI;

EID: 23044444791     PISSN: 08855765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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