Induction of phytohormones and differential gene expression in citrus flowers infected by the fungus Colletotrichum acutatum

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1394-1401

  Lahey, Katherine A ^a   Yuan, Rongcai ^a   Burns, Jacqueline K ^a   Ueng, Peter P ^b   Timmer, L W ^a   Chung, Kuang Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Sweet orange

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM ACUTATUM; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA ACUTATA; TRIXIS;

EID: 8844258838     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.12.1394     Document Type: Article

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