Interactions between Fusarium verticillioides, Ustilago maydis, and Zea mays: An endophyte, a pathogen, and their shared plant host

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 578-587

  Rodriguez Estrada, Alma E ^a   Jonkers, Wilfried ^a   Corby Kistler, H ^b   May, Georgiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b USDA Agricultural Research Service Cereal Disease Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Endophyte; Mutualism; Parasitism; Pathogen; Plant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

ENDOPHYTES; FUSARIUM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; SYMBIOSIS; USTILAGO; ZEA MAYS;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84862880753     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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