Characterization of Expressed Sequence Tag-Derived Simple Sequence Repeat Markers for Aspergillus flavus: Emphasis on Variability of Isolates from the Southern United States

Mycopathologia

Volumn 174, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 371-382

  Wang, Xinwang ^a   Wadl, Phillip A ^b   Wood Jones, Alicia ^c   Windham, Gary ^c   Trigiano, Robert N ^b   Scruggs, Mary ^c   Pilgrim, Candace ^c   Baird, Richard ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; EST SSR; Genetic variability; Haploid diversity; Host difference

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

EID: 84869172366     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-012-9573-4     Document Type: Article

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