Metabolism and plant hormone action during clubroot disease

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-244

  Ludwig Müller, Jutta ^a   Prinsen, Els ^b   Rolfe, Stephen A ^c   Scholes, Julie D ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Brassicaceae; Clubroot; Disease; Gall formation; Metabolism; Plant hormones; Plasmodiophora brassicae

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE; PLASMODIOPHORA BRASSICAE;

EID: 70349876537     PISSN: 07217595     EISSN: 14358107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-009-9089-4     Document Type: Article

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