Enhanced resistance to Verticillium dahliae in transgenic strawberry plants expressing a Lycopersicon chilense chitinase gene

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 747-753

  Chalavi, Vida ^a   Tabaeizadeh, Zohreh ^a   Thibodeau, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Inst Rech Developpement A   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Gene transfer; Lycopersicon chilense; Stipule; Strawberry; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LYCOPERSICON CHILENSE; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 0041622782     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.128.5.0747     Document Type: Article

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