The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 414-430

  Dean, Ralph ^a   Van Kan, Jan A L ^b   Pretorius, Zacharias A ^c   Hammond Kosack, Kim E ^d   Di Pietro, Antonio ^e   Spanu, Pietro D ^f   Rudd, Jason J ^d   Dickman, Marty ^g   Kahmann, Regine ^h   Ellis, Jeff ⁱ   Foster, Gary D ^j  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ CSIRO   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FUNGI; PLANT PATHOLOGY; PLANTS;

BLUMERIA GRAMINIS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; MELAMPSORA LINI; MYCOSPHAERELLA GRAMINICOLA; PHAKOPSORA PACHYRHIZI; PUCCINIA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 84859372662     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00783.x     Document Type: Review

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