Determining frequencies of avirulent alleles in airborne Leptosphaeria maculans inoculum using quantitative PCR

Plant Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 809-818

  Van de Wouw, A P ^a   Stonard, J F ^b   Howlett, B J ^a   West, J S ^b   Fitt, B D L ^b   Atkins, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Airborne ascospore inoculum; Avr genes; Disease forecasting; Effector genes; Leptosphaeria maculans

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ALLELE; CANOLA; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGUS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GROWING SEASON; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; PHOMA;

EID: 77956294905     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02311.x     Document Type: Article

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