What lies beneath: Belowground defense strategies in plants

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 91-101

  De Coninck, Barbara ^a,b   Timmermans, Pieter ^a   Vos, Christine ^a,b   Cammue, Bruno P A ^a,b   Kazan, Kemal ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Effectors; Rhizosphere; Root defenses; Soil borne pathogens

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; OOMYCETES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOSPHERE;

FUNGI; OOMYCETES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84922721302     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.09.007     Document Type: Review

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