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Phenological and phytochemical changes correlate with differential interactions of Verticillium dahliae with broccoli and cauliflower.
Phytopathology - 1 May 2011
Njoroge S M C, Vallad G E, Park S-Y, Kang S, Koike S T, Bolda M, Burman P, Polonik W, Subbarao K V
Abstract excerpt
Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis subvar. cauliflora) is susceptible to wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae but broccoli (B. oleracea var. italica subvar. cyamosa) is not. Infection of broccoli and cauliflower by a green fluorescent protein-expressing isolate of V. dahliae was examined using epifluorescence and confocal laser-scanning microscopy to follow infection and colonization in relation to plant...
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