Enhanced resistance to sheath blight by constitutive expression of infection-related rice chitinase in transgenic elite indica rice cultivars

Plant Science

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 405-414

  Datta, Karabi ^a   Tu, Jumin ^a   Oliva, Norman ^a   Ona, Isabelita ^a   Velazhahan, Rethinasamy ^a,b,c   Mew, Twng Wah ^a   Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam ^c   Datta, Swapan K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Enhanced resistance; Sheath blight; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RICE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RHIZOCTONIA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0035809018     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(00)00413-1     Document Type: Article

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