The use of L-DOPA to enhance visualization of the "black line" between species of the Armillaria mellea complex
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Botany
- Vol. 67 (1) , 15-17
- https://doi.org/10.1139/b89-002
Abstract
The zone of antagonism, known as the "black line," that occurred between the confronting margins of diploid isolates of different Armillaria mellea complex species was enhanced by incubation in L-.beta.-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA). Intraspecific crosses and crosses of genetically identical isolates did not produce a black line after similar treatment with L-DOPA.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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