Changing the game: Using integrative genomics to probe virulence mechanisms of the stem rust pathogen Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue FEB2016, 2016, Pages

  Figueroa, Melania ^a   Upadhyaya, Narayana M ^b   Sperschneider, Jana ^b   Park, Robert F ^c   Szabo, Les J ^a,d   Steffenson, Brian ^a   Ellis, Jeff G ^b   Dodds, Peter N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d USDA Agricultural Research Service Cereal Disease Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Avirulence; Barley; Effectors; Puccinia; Resistance; Stem rust; Virulence; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960129267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00205     Document Type: Article

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