The infection biology of Fusarium graminearum: Defining the pathways of spikelet to spikelet colonisation in wheat ears

Fungal Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 555-571

  Brown, Neil A ^a   Urban, Martin ^a   van de Meene, Allison M L ^a   Hammond Kosack, Kim E ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell biology; Gibberella zeae; Infection biology; Internodes; Microscopy; Nodes; Rachis; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TOXIN; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; WHEAT;

FLOWERS; FUSARIUM; HYPHAE; PLANT DISEASES; TRITICUM;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77954176149     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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