Conidial morphology, virulence, molecular characterization, and host-parasite interactions of selected Alternaria panax isolates on American ginseng

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1133-1143

  Quayyum, H A ^a,b   Dobinson, K F ^a   Traquair, J A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

tubulin gene sequences; Alternaria panax; American ginseng; Conidial morphology; Internal transcribed spacer region of rRNA gene; Pathogenesis; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; GENE TRANSFER; MORPHOLOGY; RNA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VEGETATION;

Β TUBULIN GENE SEQUENCES; ALTERNARIA PANAX; AMERICAN GINSENG; CONIDIAL MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COLONY; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY;

ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL TESTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PATHOGENS; PLANTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA PANAX; FUNGI; PANAX; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

EID: 30744431928     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-086     Document Type: Article

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