Effect of the Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein (PAF) on barley powdery mildew and wheat leaf rust pathogens

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 516-520

  Barna, Balázs ^a   Leiter, Éva ^b   Hegedus, Nikoletta ^b   Bíró, Tamás ^c,d   Pócsi, István ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c Abiol Ltd   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antifungal protein; Blumeria graminis; Penicillium chrysogenum; Puccinia recondita

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PAF PROTEIN, PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BARLEY; BASIDIOMYCETES; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; WHEAT;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HORDEUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PLANT DISEASES; TRITICUM;

BLUMERIA GRAMINIS; BLUMERIA GRAMINIS F. SP. HORDEI; ERYSIPHALES; HORDEUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PUCCINIA RECONDITA; PUCCINIA TRITICINA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UREDINALES;

EID: 57349181286     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200800197     Document Type: Article

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