Dothistromin toxin is not required for dothistroma needle blight in Pinus radiata

Plant Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 293-304

  Schwelm, A ^a   Barron, N J ^a   Baker, J ^a   Dick, M ^b   Long, P G ^a   Zhang, S ^a   Bradshaw, R E ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dothistroma septosporum; Green fluorescent protein; Inter fungal competition; Mycosphaerella pini; Mycotoxin; Red band needle blight

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE PARTITIONING; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN; TOXIN;

DOTHISTROMA; FUNGI; LOPHODERMIUM CONIGENUM; MYCOSPHAERELLA PINI; NAEMACYCLUS MINOR; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 62349129811     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.01948.x     Document Type: Article

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