Life, death and rebirth of avirulence effectors in a fungal pathogen of Brassica crops, Leptosphaeria maculans

New Phytologist

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 526-532

  Rouxel, Thierry ^a   Balesdent, Marie Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

adaptation; avirulence effectors; Leptosphaeria maculans; phytopathogenic fungi; resistance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGUS; GENE; GENOME; HERB; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPE; TRADE-OFF; VIRULENCE;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS;

ASCOMYCETES; BRASSICA; CROP; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BRASSICA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; PLANT DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85015758458     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14411     Document Type: Review

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