Current and future molecular approaches to investigate the white pine blister rust pathosystem

Forest Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 314-331

  Richardson, B A ^a   Ekramoddoulah, A K M ^b   Liu, J J ^b   Kim, M S ^c   Klopfenstein, N B ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GENETIC MARKER; HOST PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HYBRID; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT BREEDING; PROTEOMICS; RUST DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

CRONARTIUM; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; STROBUS;

EID: 77955646210     PISSN: 14374781     EISSN: 14390329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2010.00660.x     Document Type: Review

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