In vitro production of biotrophic-like cultures of Crinipellis perniciosa, the causal agent of witches' broom disease of Theobroma cacao

Current Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-196

  Meinhardt, Lyndel W ^a   Bellato, Cláudia De M ^b   Rincones, Johana ^a   Azevedo, Ricardo A ^b   Cascardo, Julio C M ^c   Pereira, Gonçalo A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CACAO; CRINIPELLIS PERNICIOSA; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; METABOLITE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

AGARICALES; CACAO; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; MYCELIUM; PLANT DISEASES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

CRINIPELLIS PERNICIOSA; FUNGI; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 33644632689     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0182-z     Document Type: Article

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