Effects of gamma radiation on fungi infected rice (in vitro)

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1097-1102

  Maity, Jyoti Prakash ^a,b,c   Kar, Sandeep ^c   Banerjee, Shashwata ^d   Sudershan, Mathummal ^b   Chakraborty, Anindita ^b   Santra, Subhas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

ray; Fungi; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVULARIA; CURVULARIA GENICULATA; FUNGAL VIABILITY; GAMMA RADIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RICE; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FUNGI; GAMMA RAYS; ORYZA SATIVA; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CURVULARIA GENICULATA; FUNGI; ORYZA SATIVA; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 80455168296     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2011.606288     Document Type: Article

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