The Venturia Apple Pathosystem: Pathogenicity Mechanisms and Plant Defense Responses

Venturia inaequalis is the causal agent of apple scab, a devastating disease of apple. We outline several unique features of this pathogen which are useful for molecular genetics studies intended to understand plant-pathogen interactions. The pathogenicity mechanisms of the pathogen and overview of...

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Main Authors: Gopaljee Jha, Karnika Thakur, Priyanka Thakur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/680160