Article
Ascochyta blight of chickpea: infection and host resistance mechanisms
2005-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Ascochyta rabiei (teleomorph Didymella rabiei) is a directly penetrating, necrotrophic fungus that infects all aboveground parts of chickpea (Cicer arietinum). During spore germination and infection, germ tubes secrete a mucilaginous substance to facilitate attachment to the host surface, and the invading fungus produces cell-wall-lytic enzymes to penetrate the host. The pathogen produces several phytotoxins (sola...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b5b7721f-3015-57ae-859d-1866870a587e
- DOI
- 10.1080/07060660509507251