Towards identifying pathogenic determinants of the chickpea pathogen Ascochyta rabiei

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-12

  White, David ^a   Chen, Weidong ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Gene disruption; Phage library

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENOME; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LEGUME; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY;

AGROBACTERIUM; ASCOCHYTA; CICER ARIETINUM; LENS CULINARIS; MYCOSPHAERELLA RABIEI; PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 34548390643     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-007-9122-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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