Hypovirus transmission to ascospore progeny by field-released transgenic hypovirulent strains of Cryphonectria parasitica

Phytopathology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 598-604

  Anagnostakis, Sandra L ^a   Chen, Baoshan ^b   Geletka, Lynn M ^b   Nuss, Donald L ^b  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control

Indexed keywords

CANKER; CHESTNUT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TRANSGENICS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RNA;

CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FUNGI; HYPOVIRUS; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 0031710699     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1998.88.7.598     Document Type: Article

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