Enhanced resistance to Phoma tracheiphila and Botrytis cinerea in transgenic lemon plants expressing a Trichoderma harzianum chitinase gene

Plant Breeding

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-151

  Gentile, A ^a   Deng, Z ^b   La Malfa, S ^a   Distefano, G ^a   Domina, F ^a   Vitale, A ^a   Polizzi, G ^a   Lorito, M ^c   Tribulato, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Botrytis cinerea; chit42 antifungal gene; Citrus limon; Disease resistance assays; Grey mould; Malsecco; Phoma tracheiphila; Transgene expression

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; PHOMA TRACHEIPHILA;

EID: 33947422431     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2007.01297.x     Document Type: Article

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