Isolation and characterization of pathogen defence-related class I chitinase from the actinorhizal tree Casuarina equisetifolia

Forest Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 467-480

  Veluthakkal, R ^a   Dasgupta, M G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOREST GENETICS AND TREE BREEDING   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXUDATION; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN;

CASUARINA; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; TRICHOSPORUM VESICULOSUM;

EID: 84870725799     PISSN: 14374781     EISSN: 14390329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2012.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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