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  3. Institute of Biotechnology and Drug Research, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str. 56, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Andrew J. Foster

  4. Faculty of Agriculture, Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ludwig-Wucherer-Str. 2, D-06099, Halle (Saale), Germany

    Holger B. Deising

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Botanik, Ruhr Universität, Postfach 10 21 48, 44780, Bochum, Germany

    K. Esser

  2. Institut für Botanik, FB Biologie (10), TU Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 3-5, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany

    U. Lüttge

  3. Fakultät für Biologie, Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Ökologie und Ökosystembiologie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany

    W. Beyschlag

  4. Botanical Gardens, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 3-7-1 Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-0001, Japan

    J. Murata

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Thines, E., Aguirre, J., Foster, A.J., Deising, H.B. (2006). Genetics of phytopathology: Secondary metabolites as virulence determinants of fungal plant pathogens. In: Esser, K., Lüttge, U., Beyschlag, W., Murata, J. (eds) Progress in Botany. Progress in Botany, vol 67. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27998-9_6

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