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Plant responses induced by Ptr ToxA and Ptr ToxB, host-selective toxins produced by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis

Creator:

Mankaney, Aakash

Abstract:

Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (Ptr) is the causal agent of the disease tan spot of wheat, which can be responsible for the destruction of up to 50% of a wheat crop harvest. Tan spot disease results in chlorotic and/or necrotic lesions triggered by the pathogen’s production of one or several host-selective toxins...

Resource Type:

Honors College Thesis