Applications of flow cytometry in plant pathology for genome size determination, detection and physiological status

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 815-828

  D'Hondt, Liesbet ^a   Höfte, Monica ^b   Van Bockstaele, Erik ^a,b   Leus, Leen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME, FUNGAL; PLANT PATHOLOGY; PLANTS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; OOMYCETES;

EID: 80052398378     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00711.x     Document Type: Review

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