Development of a GFP-expressing Aspergillus flavus strain to study fungal invasion, colonization, and resistance in cottonseed

Mycopathologia

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-97

  Rajasekaran, Kanniah ^a   Cary, Jeffrey W ^a   Cotty, Peter J ^b   Cleveland, Thomas E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Antifungal genes; Aspergillus flavus; Cotton; Green fluorescent protein; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; COTTON; COTYLEDON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROMETRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCELIUM; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT SEED; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; COTYLEDON; FLUOROMETRY; GOSSYPIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYCELIUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MICROPUS;

EID: 43149115381     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-007-9085-9     Document Type: Article

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