Transgenic grapevine plants expressing a rice chitinase with enhanced resistance to fungal pathogens

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 639-646

  Yamamoto, T ^a   Iketani, H ^a   Ieki, H ^a   Nishizawa, Y ^b   Notsuka, K ^c   Hibi, T ^d   Hayashi, T ^a   Matsuta, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Fukuoka Agric Extension Center   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium infection; Anthracnose; Powdery mildew; Somatic embryo; Vitis vinifera L.

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACNOSE; CHITINASE GENE; COCULTURE; CONIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ELISINOE AMPELINA; FUNGAL GROWTH; GENE TRANSFER; MYCELIUM; POWDERY MILDEW; RICE; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; UNCINULA NECATOR; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 0033920171     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002999900174     Document Type: Article

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