Inheritance of a pectate lyase mediated soft rot resistance in crosses between transgenic potato lines of cv. Désirée and S. tuberosum cultivars

Potato Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 155-166

  Wegener, Christina B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding; Disease resistance; Erwinia carotovora; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase; Polyphenol oxidase; Solanum tuberosum L.; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AGAVE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 30044437201     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02736085     Document Type: Article

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