Bacterial disease resistance of transgenic hybrid poplar expressing the synthetic antimicrobial peptide D4E1

Tree Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 405-411

  Mentag, R ^a   Luckevich, M ^a   Morency, M J ^a   Seguin A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Hypoxylon mammatum; Xanthomonas populi

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; PATHOGEN;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTOLEUCA MAMMATA; HYPOXYLON; HYPOXYLON MAMMATUM; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS TREMULA; XANTHOMONAS POPULI;

EID: 0037566574     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/23.6.405     Document Type: Article

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