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Mutations in VMK1, a mitogen-activated protein kinase gene, affect microsclerotia formation and pathogenicity in Verticillium dahliae.
Current genetics - 1 Aug 2005
Rauyaree Payungsak, Ospina-Giraldo Manuel D, Kang Seogchan, Bhat Ravindra G, Subbarao Krishna V, Grant Sandra J, Dobinson Katherine F
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Verticillium dahliae is an important soil-borne fungal pathogen that causes vascular wilt diseases in a large variety of important crop plants. Due to its persistence in the soil, control of Verticillium wilt relies heavily on soil fumigation. The global ban on methyl bromide, a highly effective soil fumigant, poses an urgent need to develop alternative control measures against Verticillium wilt; and these might...
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