Co-transfer and expression of chitinase, glucanase, and bar genes in creeping bentgrass for conferring fungal disease resistance

Plant Science

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 497-506

  Wang, Yuexia ^a   Kausch, Albert P ^a,b   Chandlee, Joel M ^a   Luo, Hong ^b   Ruemmele, Bridget A ^a   Browning, Marsha ^a   Jackson, Noel ^a   Goldsmith, Marian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b HybriGene Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Disease resistance; Glucanase; Herbicide resistance; Transgenic creeping bentgrass

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DNA; FUNGI;

BAR GENES;

GENES;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; HYPHOMYCETES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOCTONIA; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA HOMOEOCARPA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0042130259     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(03)00198-5     Document Type: Article

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