Identification of candidate genes for use in molecular breeding - A case study with the Norway spruce defensin-like gene, Spi 1

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 75-81

  Elfstrand, M ^a   Fossdal, C G ^a   Swedjemark, G ^a   Clapham, D ^a   Olsson, O ^a   Sitbon, F ^a   Sharma, P ^a   Lonneborg A ^a   Von Arnold, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Molecular breeding; Norway spruce; Plant defensin; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; DEFENSIN; DISEASE RESISTANCE GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; INOCULATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT REGENERATION; PROMOTER REGION; SPRUCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FUNGI; GROWTH KINETICS; PATHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DISEASE RESISTANCE;

GENES;

ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM;

EID: 0034797603     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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