Enhanced resistance to blast (Magnaporthe grisea) in transgenic japonica rice by constitutive expression of rice chitinase

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 383-390

  Nishizawa, Y ^a   Nishio, Z ^a,b   Nakazono, K ^c   Soma, M ^b   Nakajima, E ^a   Ogaki, M ^a   Hibi, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blast disease resistance; Chitinase; Non race specific resistance; Overexpression; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; HYGROMYCIN PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; JAPAN; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 0032875559     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220051248     Document Type: Article

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