Engineering sheath blight resistance in elite indica rice cultivars using genes encoding defense proteins

Plant Science

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-215

  Kalpana, Krishnan ^a   Maruthasalam, Subbiyan ^a   Rajesh, Thangaswamy ^a   Poovannan, Kandasami ^a   Kumar, Krish K ^a   Kokiladevi, Easwaran ^a   Raja, Joseph A J ^a   Sudhakar, Durailagaraja ^a   Velazhahan, Rethinaswamy ^a   Samiyappan, Ramasamy ^a   Balasubramanian, Ponnuswami ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Co expression; Defense genes; Disease resistance; Pathogenesis related proteins; Rice sheath blight; Rice sheath rot; Thaumatin like protein

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DISEASES; GENES; PATHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHITINASE; CO-EXPRESSION; DEFENSE GENES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEINS; RICE SHEATH BLIGHT; RICE SHEATH ROT; THAUMATIN-LIKE PROTEIN;

PROTEINS;

DISEASES; GENES; PLANTS; PROTEINS; RICE;

HYPHOMYCETES; PUSA; SAROCLADIUM ORYZAE; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 29244436834     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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