Article
Effects of Drought-Stress on Fusarium Crown Rot Development in Barley.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Liu Xinlun, Liu Chunji
Abstract excerpt
Fusarium crown rot (FCR), caused by various Fusarium species, is a chronic disease of cereals in many semi-arid regions worldwide. To clarify what effects drought-stress may have on FCR development, visual assessment, histological analysis and quantitative PCR were used to analyse the infection process of F. pseudograminearum in barley. This study observed for the first time that the severity of FCR symptom...
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