Morphogenetic and hormonal control of appressorium formation in the rice blast pathogen, Magnaporthe grisea /

Magnaporthe grisea is a heterothallic ascolnycete and is the causal agent of rice blast, one of the most devastating diseases of rice production worldwide. Upon germination on the appropriate substrate, gertniings of M. grisea elaborate a specialized infection structure called an appressorium. The...

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Main Author:	Beckerman, Janna Leigh
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1997.
Subjects:	Major plant pathology.
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