Real-time PCR quantification and live-cell imaging of endophytic colonization of barley (Hordeum vulgare) roots by Fusarium equiseti and Pochonia chlamydosporia

New Phytologist

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 213-228

  Maciá Vicente, Jose G ^a   Jansson, Hans Börje ^a   Talbot, Nicholas J ^b   Lopez Llorca, Luis V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation; Fusarium equiseti; Green fluorescent protein; Hordeum vulgare (barley); Live cell imaging; Pochonia chlamydosporia; Real time PCR; Root endophytes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BARLEY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMAGING METHOD; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; REAL TIME; ROOT COLONIZATION; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL COUNT; BARLEY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VACUOLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FUSARIUM; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FLUORESCENCE; FUSARIUM; HORDEUM; HYPOCREALES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLANT ROOTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STERILIZATION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VACUOLES;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM EQUISETI; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; POCHONIA CHLAMYDOSPORIA;

EID: 61649093336     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02743.x     Document Type: Article

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