A study on the susceptibility of the model legume plant Medicago truncatula to the soil-borne pathogen Fusarium oxysporum

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 517-530

  Ramírez Suero, Montserrat ^a   Khanshour, Anas ^a   Martinez, Yves ^b   Rickauer, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b IFR40 ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Defence; Fusarium wilt; Gene expression; Green fluorescent protein; Microscopy; Root colonisation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPONICS; LEGUME; MICROSCOPY; PATHOGEN; PLANT DEFENSE; PROTEIN; ROOT COLONIZATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 77950022455     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-009-9560-x     Document Type: Article

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