Recognition of Cladosporium fulvum Ecp2 elicitor by non-host Nicotiana spp. is mediated by a single dominant gene that is not homologous to known Cf-genes

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 397-408

  De Kock, Maarten J D ^a   Iskandar, Hayati M ^a,b   Brandwagt, Bas F ^a   Laugé, Richard ^a,b   De Wit, Pierre J G M ^a   Lindhout, Pim ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA PANICULATA; NICOTIANA SYLVESTRIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NICOTIANA UNDULATA;

EID: 4544297273     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/J.1364-3703.2004.00239.X     Document Type: Article

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