Synergisms between microbial pathogens in plant disease complexes: A growing trend

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Lamichhane, Jay Ram ^a   Venturi, Vittorio ^b  

^a INRA   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Co infection; Disease complex; Interspecies interactions; Microbial cooperation; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84934878151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00385     Document Type: Article

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