The cucurbit downy mildew pathogen Pseudoperonospora cubensis

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-226

  Savory, Elizabeth A ^a   Granke, Leah L ^a   Quesada Ocampo, Lina M ^a   Varbanova, Marina ^a   Hausbeck, Mary K ^a   Day, Brad ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CUCUMBER; CYTOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PERONOSPORA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

CUCURBITACEAE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PERONOSPORA; PLANT DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FUNGI; OOMYCETES; PERONOSPORACEAE; PERONOSPORALES; PSEUDOPERONOSPORA; PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS;

EID: 79952054584     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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