Fusarium graminearum exploits ethylene signalling to colonize dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants

New Phytologist

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 975-983

  Chen, X ^a   Steed, A ^a   Travella, S ^b   Keller, B ^b   Nicholson, P ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Barley; Deoxynivalenol (DON); Ethylene; Fusarium graminearum; Fusarium head blight (FHB); Wheat

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; VOMITOXIN;

ALCOHOL; ALLELE; BARLEY; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ETHYLENE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MONOCOTYLEDON; MUTATION; SYMPTOM; TOXIN; WHEAT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BARLEY; CELL DEATH; COTYLEDON; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FUSARIUM; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WHEAT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DEATH; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COTYLEDON; ETHYLENES; FUSARIUM; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; HORDEUM; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRICHOTHECENES; TRITICUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 65549129095     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02821.x     Document Type: Article

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