Development of a host-induced RNAi system in the wheat stripe rust fungus Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 554-561

  Yin, Chuntao ^a   Jurgenson, James E ^b   Hulbert, Scot H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT IMMUNITY; RNA INTERFERENCE; WHEAT;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, FUNGAL; TRITICUM;

BARLEY STRIPE MOSAIC VIRUS; FUNGI; HORDEUM; PUCCINIA STRIIFORMIS F. SP. TRITICI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UREDINALES;

EID: 79953761657     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-10-10-0229     Document Type: Article

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