Diversity of defence mechanisms in plant-oomycete interactions: A case study of Lactuca spp. and Bremia lactucae

The Downy Mildews - Genetics, Molecular Biology and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 71-89

  Lebeda, Aleš ^a   Sedlářová, Michaela ^a   Petřivalský, Marek ^a   Prokopová, Jitka ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Genetics; Host and non host resistance; Hypersensitive reaction; Infection structures; Lettuce; Lettuce downy mildew; Nitric oxide; Phenolic compounds; Photosynthesis; Plant energetics; Reactive oxygen species; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900285009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8973-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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