Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the barley pathogen Ramularia collo-cygni with fluorescent marker tags and live tissue imaging of infection development

Plant Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 929-937

  Thirugnanasambandam, A ^a   Wright, K M ^a   Havis, N ^b   Whisson, S C ^a   Newton, A C ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barley; Fluorescent protein; Hordeum vulgare; Ramularia leaf spot; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BARLEY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPHYTE; LIFE CYCLE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN; SWELLING; TRANSFORMATION;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; RAMULARIA; RAMULARIA COLLO-CYGNI; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 80052507973     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02440.x     Document Type: Article

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