Leptosphaeria maculans elicits apoptosis coincident with leaf lesion formation and hyphal advance in Brassica napus

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1143-1153

  Li, Caixia ^a   Barker, Susan J ^a   Gilchrist, David G ^b   Lincoln, James E ^b   Cowling, Wallace A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Canola Breeders Western Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blackleg; Canola; Endophytic; Necrotrophic; Phoma canker; Saprophytic

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CYTOLOGY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; RAPESEED;

APOPTOSIS; ASCOMYCOTA; BRASSICA NAPUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; PHOMA;

EID: 51949118566     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-21-9-1143     Document Type: Article

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