The dawn of fungal pathogen genomics

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2006, Pages 337-366

  Xu, Jin Rong ^a   Peng, You Liang ^b   Dickman, Martin B ^c   Sharon, Amir ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fungal pathogenesis; Fungal pathogens; Fusarium; Magnaporthe; Pathogen genomics; Sclerotinia

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW;

FUNGI; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; PLANT DISEASES;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; SCLEROTINIA;

EID: 33748951972     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.44.070505.143412     Document Type: Review

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