Uneven distribution of mating type alleles in Iranian populations of Cercospora beticola, the causal agent of Cercospora leaf spot disease of sugar beet

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-109

  Bakhshi, Mounes ^a   Arzanlou, Mahdi ^a   Babai Ahari, Asadollah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Calmodulin; Cercospora leaf spot; Molecular diagnostics; Multiplex PCR; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA BETICOLA;

EID: 79960094425     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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