Role of microbial immigration in the colonization of apple leaves by Aureobasidium pullulans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1277-1286

  McGrath, Molly J ^a,b   Andrews, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH KINETICS; PROTEINS;

COLONIZATION PATTERN; SEMIDESTRUCTIVE METHODS;

MICROORGANISMS;

COLONIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLIAGE; FUNGUS; IMMIGRATION; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORCHARD; SPORE;

APPLE; ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CELL MIGRATION; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; LEAF VEIN; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING;

ASCOMYCOTA; MALUS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA;

EID: 33847180526     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01620-06     Document Type: Article

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