Expression of Five Endopolygalacturonase Genes and Demonstration that MfPG1 Overexpression Diminishes Virulence in the Brown Rot Pathogen Monilinia fructicola

• Chien-Ming Chou ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chien-Ming Chou, Fang-Yi Yu

  Current Address: Plant Pathology Division, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wufong, Taichung, Taiwan.

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Fang-Yi Yu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chien-Ming Chou, Fang-Yi Yu

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, NCHU-UCD Plant and Food Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Pei-Ling Yu,

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, NCHU-UCD Plant and Food Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Jia-Fang Ho,

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, NCHU-UCD Plant and Food Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Richard M. Bostock,

  Affiliations NCHU-UCD Plant and Food Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Kuang-Ren Chung,

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Jenn-Wen Huang,

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, NCHU-UCD Plant and Food Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Miin-Huey Lee

  * E-mail: mhlee@nchu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, NCHU-UCD Plant and Food Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

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