MicroTom - A model plant system to study bacterial wilt by Ralstonia solanacearum

Plant Pathology Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 239-244

  Park, Eun Jin ^a   Lee, Seung Don ^b   Chung, Eu Jin ^a   Lee, Myung Hwan ^a   Um, Hae Young ^a   Murugaiyan, Senthilkumar ^a   Moon, Byung Ju ^a   Lee, Seon Woo ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacterial wilt; MicroTom; Ralstonia solana cearum

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549114703     PISSN: 15982254     EISSN: 20939280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5423/PPJ.2007.23.4.239     Document Type: Article

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