Generation of white mold disease-resistant sunflower plants expressing human lysozyme gene

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 683-687

  Sawahel, W ^a   Hagran, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Fungal disease; Helianthus annuus; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum; Transgenic sunflower

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; FUNGI; HELIANTHUS; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 33745654954     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-006-0106-1     Document Type: Article

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