Identification of Alternaria spp. on wheat by pathogenicity assays and sequencing

Plant Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-493

  Mercado Vergnes, D ^a   Renard, M E ^a   Duveiller, E ^b   Maraite, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Alternaria leaf blight; Foliar blight; Nonhost specific toxin; Triticum aestivum; Triticum durum; Wheat genotypes

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; PATHOGENICITY; WHEAT;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ALTERNARIA ARBORESCENS; ALTERNARIA TENUISSIMA; ALTERNARIA TRITICINA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 33746217746     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01391.x     Document Type: Article

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