Cladosporium fulvum (syn. Passalora fulva), a highly specialized plant pathogen as a model for functional studies on plant pathogenic Mycosphaerellaceae

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 379-393

  Thomma, Bart P H J ^a   Van Esse, H Peter ^a   Crous, Pedro W ^a,b   De Wit, Pierre J G M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM; DAVIDIELLA; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MYCOSPHAERELLA; MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE; PASSALORA; PASSALORA FULVA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 27644452304     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2005.00292.x     Document Type: Review

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