Transformation of potato (cv. Late Harvest) with the potato leafroll virus coat protein gene, and molecular analysis of transgenic lines

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 263-268

  Murray, S L ^a,b   Burger, J T ^a,c   Oelofse, D ^a   Cress, W A ^b   Van Staden, J ^b   Berger, D K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CLONED GENE; CULTIVAR; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOST RESISTANCE; KANAMYCIN; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; POTATO LEAFROLL VIRUS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0031668334     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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