Developing tools to unravel the biological secrets of Rosellinia necatrix, an emergent threat to woody crops

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 226-239

  Pliego, Clara ^a,c   López Herrera, Carlos ^b   Ramos, Cayo ^a   Cazorla, Francisco M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HORTOFRUTICULTURA SUBTROPICAL Y MEDITERRÁNEA LA MAYORA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; CROP; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF;

ASCOMYCOTA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES;

ALGAE; ASCOMYCOTA; COFFEA; DEMATOPHORA; FUNGI; MALUS; MYCELIUM (GENUS); OLEA EUROPAEA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PRUNUS; PYRENOMYCETES; PYRUS; ROSELLINIA; ROSELLINIA NECATRIX; TRACHEOPHYTA; VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA; XYLARIACEAE; XYLARIALES;

EID: 84857634948     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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