Involvement of trichothecenes in fusarioses of wheat, barley and maize evaluated by gene disruption of the trichodiene synthase (Tri5) gene in three field isolates of different chemotype and virulence

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 449-461

  Maier, Frank J ^a   Miedaner, Thomas ^b   Hadeler, Birgit ^a   Felk, Angelika ^a   Salomon, Siegfried ^a   Lemmens, Marc ^c   Kassner, Helmut ^a   Schäfer, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33750210259     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2006.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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