Detection of Ophiocordyceps sinensis in the roots of plants in alpine meadows by nested-touchdown polymerase chain reaction

Fungal Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 359-363

  Zhong, Xin ^a   Peng, Qing yun ^a   Li, Shao Song ^a   Chen, Hai ^a   Sun, Hong Xia ^a   Zhang, Gu Ren ^a   Liu, Xin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anamorph life cycle; Chinese caterpillar fungus; Entomopathogen; Psychrophyte; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; HEPIALIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

FUNGAL DNA;

CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HYPOCREALES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; TUNDRA;

DNA, FUNGAL; HYPOCREALES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIBET; TUNDRA;

EID: 84898867624     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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