Characterization of the melanin pigment of a cosmopolitan fungal endophyte

Mycological Research

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 974-978

  Suryanarayanan, Trichur S ^a   Ravishankar, Jagadesa P ^b   Venkatesan, Govindan ^a   Murali, Thokur S ^a  

^a PG and Research Department of Botany   (India)

^b DG Vaishnav College ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; MELANIN; PIGMENT;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; GUIGNARDIA; GUIGNARDIA MANGIFERAE; PHYLLOSTICTA; PHYLLOSTICTA CAPITALENSIS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 4544309965     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756204000619     Document Type: Article

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