Recent developments toward achieving fungal disease resistance in transgenic plants

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Punja, Zamir K ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antifungal proteins; Antimicrobial peptides; Biotechnology; Disease resistance genes; Pathogenesis related proteins; Signaling pathways

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745128788     PISSN: 07060661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07060660609507387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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