Induction of chitinases and β-1,3-glucanases in Rhizoctonia solani-infected rice plants: Isolation of an infection-related chitinase cDNA clone

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-46

  Anuratha, Coimbatore S ^a   Zen, Kuo Chang ^a   Cole, Kunwei Chen ^a   Mew, Tom ^b   Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Rhizoctonia solani; Rice; Sheath blight; 1,3 glucanase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMYCETES; ORYZA SATIVA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RHIZOCTONIA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0002628871     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb00476.x     Document Type: Article

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