Erwinia soft rot resistance of potato cultivars expressing antimicrobial peptide tachyplesin I

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-105

  Allefs, Sjefke J H M ^b   De Jong, Eliza R ^b,c   Florack, Dion E A ^a   Hoogendoorn, Coosje ^a   Stiekema, Willem J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Agrico Research   (Netherlands)

^c Bejo Zaden ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Erwinia carotovora ssp. atroseptica; In vitro toxicity; Phytopathogenic bacteria; Solanum tuberosum; Tachypleus tridentatus; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE ENCODING; PLANTS (BOTANY); VIRUSES;

ATROSEPTICA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA SSP.; IN VITRO TOXICITY; IN-VITRO; PHYTOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TACHYPLEU TRIDENTATU; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; VITRO TOXICITIES;

PEPTIDES;

EID: 0002296553     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00441425     Document Type: Article

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