Defense-related gene expression in susceptible and tolerant bananas (Musa spp.) following inoculation with non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum endophytes and challenge with Radopholus similis

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 71, Issue 4-6, 2007, Pages 149-157

  Paparu, Pamela ^a,b   Dubois, Thomas ^b   Coyne, Danny ^b   Viljoen, Altus ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Banana; Fungal endophyte; Fusarium oxysporum; Gene expression; Musa; Quantitative real time PCR; Radopholus similis

Indexed keywords

FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; MUSA; NEMATODA; RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS;

EID: 46549084719     PISSN: 08855765     EISSN: 10961178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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