Molecular assays reveal the presence and diversity of genes encoding pea footrot pathogenicity determinants in nectria haematococca and in agricultural soils

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1629-1639

  Etebu, E ^a   Osborn, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Footrot disease in peas; Fusarium solani; Nectria haematococca; Pathogenicity genes (PEP, PDA); Soil DNA

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGI; GENES; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; FOOTROT DISEASE IN PEA; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GENES ENCODING; MOLECULAR ASSAYS; NECTRIA HEMATOCOCCA; PATHOGENICITY GENE (PEP, PDA); SOIL DNA;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FUNGAL DNA;

DNA; ELECTROKINESIS; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PEA; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HAEMATONECTRIA HAEMATOCOCCA; HAEMATONECTRIA HAEMATOCOCCA MPVI; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 64149085963     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.04130.x     Document Type: Article

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