Relationships among endo-polygalacturonase, oxalate, pH, and plant polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP) in the interaction between Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and soybean

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1402-1409

  Favaron, Francesco ^a   Sella, Luca ^a   D'Ovidio, Renato ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glycine max; Pathogenesis; pg genes

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 8844285272     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.12.1402     Document Type: Article

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