Metabolism of the flavonoid epicatechin by laccase of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and its effect on pathogenicity on avocado fruits

Phytopathology

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1341-1348

  Guetsky, R ^a   Kobiler, I ^a   Wang, X ^d   Perlman, N ^a   Gollop, N ^a   Avila Quezada, G ^b   Hadar, I ^c   Prusky, D ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLETOTRICHUM; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 27544463017     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-95-1341     Document Type: Article

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