Increased antifungal activity of Trichoderma harzianum transformants that overexpress a 33-kDa chitinase

Phytopathology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 254-261

  Limón, M Carmen ^a   Pintor Toro, José A ^b   Benítez, Tahía ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Chitinase overproduction; Hydrolases; Phytopathogenic fungi; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHITINASE; GENE TRANSFER; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; HYPOCREA LIXII; MYXOGASTRIA; RHIZOCTONIA; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

EID: 0033051268     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1999.89.3.254     Document Type: Article

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