Combination of fluorescent reporters for simultaneous monitoring of root colonization and antifungal gene expression by a biocontrol pseudomonad on cereals with flow cytometry

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 949-961

  Rochat, Laurène ^a   Péchy Tarr, Maria ^a   Baehler, Eric ^a,c   Maurhofer, Monika ^b   Keel, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CEREAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REPORTER GENE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CEREALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM SUBSP. SPELTA;

EID: 77953177409     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-23-7-0949     Document Type: Article

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