Colonization of fiber cells by Colletotrichum graminicola in wounded maize stalks

Phytopathology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 438-447

  Venard, C ^a   Vaillancourt, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn stalk rot; Fungal pathogenicity; Green fluorescent protein; ZsGreen

Indexed keywords

COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM SUBLINEOLUM; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA GRAMINICOLA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33947684814     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-97-4-0438     Document Type: Article

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