Transgenic cucumber plants harboring a rice chitinase gene exhibit enhanced resistance to gray mold (Botrytis cinerea)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-164

  Tabei, Y ^a   Kitade, S ^b   Nishizawa, Y ^a   Kikuchi, N ^b   Kayano, T ^a   Hibi, T ^c   Akutsu, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Botrytis cinerea; Chitinase; Cucumber; Disease resistance; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BOTRYTIS CINEREA;

EID: 0031936818     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050371     Document Type: Article

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