Phytohormone involvement in the Ustilago maydis- Zea mays pathosystem: Relationships between abscisic acid and cytokinin levels and strain virulence in infected cob tissue

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Morrison, Erin N ^a   Emery, R J Neil ^a   Saville, Barry J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CYTOKININ; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT TISSUE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE LEVEL; USTILAGO MAYDIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; PLANT TUMOR; USTILAGO; VIRULENCE;

USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

ABSCISIC ACID; CYTOKININS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TUMORS; USTILAGO; VIRULENCE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84939223072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130945     Document Type: Article

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