Transgenic tomato plants expressing a Lycopersicon chilense chitinase gene demonstrate improved resistance to Verticillium dahliae race 2

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-202

  Tabaeizadeh, Z ^a   Agharbaoui, Z ^a   Harrak, H ^a   Poysa, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Disease tolerance; Lycopersicon chilense; Tomato; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENDOCHITINASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LANDRACE; PROMOTER REGION; SELFING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON CHILENSE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RHIZOBIUM; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 0033491319     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050733     Document Type: Article

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