South American leaf blight of the rubber tree (Hevea spp.): New steps in plant domestication using physiological features and molecular markers

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1125-1142

  Lieberei, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanogenesis; Defence; Hevea; Marker assisted breeding; Resistance factors; Resistance screening; Scopoletin; Source sink relationship; South American leaf blight; Stage specific resistance

Indexed keywords

CROP PLANT; DISEASE CONTROL; DOMESTICATION; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUBBER;

ASCOMYCETES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEVEA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASCOMYCOTA; HEVEA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; SOUTH AMERICA;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HEVEA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; MICROCYCLUS ULEI;

EID: 35349003356     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm133     Document Type: Review

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