At death's door: Alternaria pathogenicity mechanisms

Plant Pathology Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-111

  Lawrence, Christopher B ^a   Mitchell, Thomas K ^b   Craven, Kelly D ^c   Cho, Yangrae ^d   Cramer Jr , Robert A ^e   Kim, Kwang Hyung ^a  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Necrotroph; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149102687     PISSN: 15982254     EISSN: 20939280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5423/PPJ.2008.24.2.101     Document Type: Review

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