Increased field resistance to Tilletia caries provided by a specific antifungal virus gene in genetically engineered wheat

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-75

  Schlaich, Thomas ^a   Urbaniak, Bartosz M ^a   Malgras, Nicole ^a   Ehler, Elisabeth ^a,b   Birrer, Christof ^a   Meier, Lukas ^a   Sautter, Christof ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field test; Fungal resistance; Genetically modified wheat; Tilletia caries; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

USTILAGO MAYDIS VIRAL TOXIN KP4; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CELL LINE; CHO CELL; CROP; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CELL LINE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HUMANS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; TRITICUM; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; CRICETINAE; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; TILLETIA CARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; USTILAGINALES;

EID: 33645306571     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2005.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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