Development of a robust screening method for pathogenicity of Colletotric hum spp. on strawberry seedlings enabling forward genetic studies

Plant Disease

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 845-851

  Horowitz, Sigal ^a,b   Yarden, Oded ^a   Zveibil, Aida ^b   Freeman, Stanley ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anthracnose

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DISEASES; FUNGI; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

MUTANT; ROBUST SCREENING METHOD;

SEED;

FOLIAR ANALYSIS; FUNGI; GERMINATION; INOCULATION; MUTATION; PATHOGENS; SEEDLINGS;

COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM ACUTATUM; COLLETOTRICHUM GLOEOSPORIOIDES; COLLETOTRICHUM MAGNA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA ACUTATA; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA;

EID: 3843050059     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2004.88.8.845     Document Type: Article

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