Asexual fungus Verticillium dahliae is potentially heterothallic

Journal of General Plant Pathology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 422-427

  Usami, Toshiyuki ^a   Itoh, Mizuho ^a   Amemiya, Yoshimiki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha box; Heterothallism; MAT1 1; MAT1 2; Mating type idiomorph; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 71549141318     PISSN: 13452630     EISSN: 1610739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10327-009-0197-6     Document Type: Article

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