Colonization of fusarium wilt-resistant and susceptible watermelon roots by a green-fluorescent-protein-tagged isolate of fusarium oxysporum f.sp. niveum

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 228-237

  Lü, Guiyun ^a,b   Guo, Shaogui ^a   Zhang, Haiying ^a   Geng, Lihua ^a   Martyn, Raymond D ^c   Xu, Yong ^a  

^a BEIJING VEGETABLE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM); Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. niveum; Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Watermelon

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PROTEIN; RHIZOSPHERE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEEDLING; VINE; WILT;

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM;

EID: 84895830677     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jph.12174     Document Type: Article

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