Engineering resistance to Plum pox virus (PPV) through the expression of PPV-specific hairpin RNAs in transgenic plants

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-270

  Zhang, Shuo Cheng ^a   Wen, Rui ^a   Sanfaçon, Hélène ^a   Tian, Lining ^a   Brown, Daniel C W ^a   Sibbald, Susan ^a   Malutan, Tabita ^a   Svircev, Antonet ^a   Schneider, Karin E ^a   Barszcz, Edward S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetic engineering; Hairpin RNA; Plum pox virus; Posttranscriptional gene silencing; Stone fruit trees; Transgenic resistance

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PLUM POX VIRUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 33846529019     PISSN: 07060661     EISSN: 17152992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07060660609507295     Document Type: Article

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