Resistance to Alternaria brassicicola in transgenic broccoli expressing a Trichoderma harzianum endochitinase gene

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-9

  Mora, A A ^a   Earle, E D ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea var. italica; Fungal resistance; Gene transfer; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ENDOCHITINASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUOROMETRY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IN VITRO CULTURE; INOCULATION; KANAMYCIN; PEST RESISTANCE; PETIOLE; PLANT AGE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALTERNARIA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR.; ENDOCHITINASE; FUNGAL RESISTANCES; ITALICA; LESION SIZE; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; TRANSGENICS; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

GENE TRANSFER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; EMBRYOPHYTA; HYPOCREA LIXII; RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

EID: 0034772842     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011913100783     Document Type: Article

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