GENOME WIDE ANALYSIS OF GENE EXPRESSION IN SOLANACEAE BY CHALLENGE WITH A NON VIRULENT MUTANT OF XANTHOMONAS

LUCIANO A RIGANO; PABLO S TORRES; FLORENCIA MALAMUD; ADRIAN A VOJNOV

Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Congreso; SAIB; 2007

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