Maize leaf epiphytic bacteria diversity patterns are genetically correlated with resistance to fungal pathogen infection

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-484

  Balint Kurti, Peter ^a   Simmons, Susan J ^b   Blum, James E ^b   Ballaré, Carlos L ^c   Stapleton, Ann E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; FUNGI; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77949282823     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-23-4-0473     Document Type: Article

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