An avirulence gene, AvrLmJ1, from the blackleg fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans, confers avirulence to Brassica juncea cultivars

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 523-530

  Van de Wouw, Angela P ^a   Lowe, Rohan G T ^a   Elliott, Candace E ^a   Dubois, David J ^a   Howlett, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA BICOLOR; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS;

ASCOMYCETES; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTARD; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; GENES, FUNGAL; MUSTARD PLANT; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84899906007     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12105     Document Type: Article

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