Differences in the responses of stem tissues of spring-type Brassica napus cultivars with polygenic resistance and single dominant gene-based resistance to inoculation with Leptosphaeria maculans

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-203

  Li, Hua ^a   Kuo, John ^a   Barbetti, Martin John ^a   Sivasithamparam, Krishnapillai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blackleg disease; Infection processes; Pycnidiospore; Stem canker; Symptom development

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GENES; PLANT CELL CULTURE; TISSUE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; PETIOLE; POLYGENIC RESISTANCE; PYCNIDIOSPORES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CULTIVAR; DICOTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; INOCULATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELLS; DISEASES; GENES; PLANTS; TISSUE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; PHOMA;

EID: 34250315348     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-159     Document Type: Article

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