Molecular Genetics of Host-Specific Toxins in Plant Disease (Developments in Plant Pathology)
Contributors: Keisuke Kohmoto (Editor); Olen C. Yoder (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 31, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780792349815
Subjects: Plant pathology & diseases; Toxicology (non-medical); Phytopathogenic fungi; Host plants; Science; Science/Mathematics; Nature/Ecology; Plants, Effect of mycotoxins o; Life Sciences - Botany; Science / Botany; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES:Plant Microbe Associations; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES:Plant Microbiology; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES:Plant Pathology; Fungal diseases of plants; Congresses; Effect of mycotoxins on; Plants
First sentence: Victorin, the first host-specific toxin discovered in the US, was reported by a graduate student (Francis Meehan) and her major professor (H. C. Murphy) in 1947 (Meehan and Murphy 1947), several years after the host-specific AK-toxin was described by Tanaka in Japan (Tanaka 1933).