The Arabidopsis thaliana-Alternaria brassicicola pathosystem: A model interaction for investigating seed transmission of necrotrophic fungi

Plant Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pochon, Stephanie ^a,b   Terrasson, Emmanuel ^a,b   Guillemette, Thomas ^a,b   Iacomi Vasilescu, Beatrice ^c   Georgeault, Sonia ^a   Juchaux, Marjorie ^a   Berruyer, Romain ^a,b   Debeaujon, Isabelle ^d   Simoneau, Philippe ^a,b   Campion, Claire ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b Universite d'Angers   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRONOMIC SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

Author keywords

Alternaria brassicicola; Arabidopsis thaliana; Osmotic stress; Seed colonization; Seed transmission; Transparent testa

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 84860859272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-8-16     Document Type: Article

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