Measurement of virulence in Zymoseptoria tritici through low inoculum-density assays

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-93

  Fones, Helen N ^a   Steinberg, Gero ^a   Gurr, Sarah Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lesion formation; Pathogenicity; Pycnidiation; Virulence; Zymoseptoria

Indexed keywords

APOPLAST; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENOTYPE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; LEAF SURFACE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEAT; ZYMOSEPTORIA TRITICI; ASCOMYCETES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ASCOMYCOTA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; TRITICUM; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84937570458     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.03.020     Document Type: Article

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