Strategies for resistance to bacterial wilt disease of bananas through genetic engineering

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 688-692

  Tripathi, Leena ^a   Tripathi, Jaindra Nath ^a   Tushemereirwe, W K ^b  

^a ESARC   (Uganda)

^b Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Bacterial wilt; Banana; Disease resistant; Genetic transformation

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ATTACIN; BACTERICIDE; CECROPIN; CECROPIN B; LYSOZYME; MAGAININ DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; THIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIAL WILT; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BANANA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERMPLASM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 15744378171     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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