Pest and disease protection conferred by expression of barley β-hordothionin and Nicotiana alata proteinase inhibitor genes in transgenic tobacco

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-44

  Charity, Julia A ^a,d   Hughes, Peter ^a   Anderson, Marilyn A ^b   Bittisnich, Dennis J ^c   Whitecross, Malcolm ^c   Higgins, T J V ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacterial and fungal resistance; Botrytis cinerea; Defence genes; Helicoverpa armigera; Insect ; Pseudomonas syringae

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PEST CONTROL; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

CROP PRODUCTIVITY; DISEASE PROTECTION; PEST PROTECTION; PROTEINASE INHIBITORS;

CROPS;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITOR; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT DEFENSE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASES; FARM CROPS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PATHOGENS; PEST CONTROL; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; INSECTA; NICOTIANA ALATA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 14644440601     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP04105     Document Type: Article

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