Germination and infectivity of microconidia in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Huili ^a,b   Wu, Zhongshou ^a   Wang, Chenfang ^a   Li, Yang ^b   Xu, Jin Rong ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; SYMPTOM;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; BRACHYPODIUM; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; MICROCONIDIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; RICE; RICE BLAST; SEEDLING; SPIKELET; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HORDEUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MAGNAPORTHE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRACHYPODIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; HORDEUM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MAGNAPORTHE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84905454450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5518     Document Type: Article

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