Researchers uncover mechanisms of plant infection
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 07:31
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech and a team of international colleagues have identified the functions of a large family of virulence proteins used by a dangerous group of plant pathogens that includes the soybean pathogen Phytophthora sojae and the Irish potato famine pathogen, Phytophthora infestans.
