Engineering hypervirulence in a mycoherbicidal fungus for efficient weed control

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1035-1039

  Amsellem, Ziva ^a   Cohen, Barry A ^a,b   Gressel, Jonathan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b CBD Technologies   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIOCONTROL; CROPS; FUNGI; GENES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

MYCOHERBICIDAL FUNGUS;

WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDE; PLANT TOXIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NEP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLLETOTRICHUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERMINATION; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE; VIRUS GENE; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; COLLETOTRICHUM; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HERBICIDES; MALVACEAE; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENES; VIRULENCE;

ABUTILON; ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM COCCODES; FUNGI;

EID: 0036787649     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt743     Document Type: Article

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