Development of rice conidiation media for Ustilaginoidea virens.

Rice false smut, caused by the ascomycete Ustilaginoidea virens, is a serious disease of rice worldwide. Conidia are very important infectious propagules of U. virens, but the ability of pathogenic isolates to produce conidia frequently decreases in culture, which influences pathogenicity testing. H...

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Main Authors: Yufu Wang, Fei Wang, Songlin Xie, Yi Liu, Jinsong Qu, Junbin Huang, Weixiao Yin, Chaoxi Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217667