Enhanced quantitative resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans conferred by expression of a novel antimicrobial peptide in canola (Brassica napus L.)

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 63-70

  Kazan, Kemal ^a   Rusu, Anca ^a   Marcus, John P ^b   Goulter, Ken C ^b   Manners, John M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antifungal protein; Blackleg disease; Canola; Genetic engineering; Macadamia; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS; PEPTIDES; PURIFICATION; SEED;

ANTIFUNGAL PROTEIN; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; BLACKLEG DISEASE; BRASSICA NAPUS L; CANOLA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; MACADAMIA; QUANTITATIVE RESISTANCE; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; TRANSGENIC LINES;

TOBACCO;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; MACADAMIA; MACADAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0036380501     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020354809737     Document Type: Article

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