Ambient pH intrinsically influences Trichoderma conidiation and colony morphology

Fungal Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 198-208

  Steyaert, Johanna M ^a   Weld, Richard J ^b   Stewart, Alison ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN AGRITECH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ambient pH; Conidiation; Pachybasin; Trichoderma

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EXCRETION; FUNGUS; LIGHT EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; PH; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MYCELIUM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; TRICHODERMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; MYCELIUM; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRICHODERMA;

TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE; TRICHODERMA HAMATUM;

EID: 77949336673     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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