Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of indica rice with chitinase gene for enhanced sheath blight resistance

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 142-148

  Nandakumar, R ^a,b   Babu, S ^a   Kalpana, K ^a   Raguchander, T ^a   Balasubramanian, P ^a   Samiyappan, R ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Oryza sativa; PCR; Rhizoctonia solani

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; HYPHOMYCETES; ORYZA SATIVA; PUSA; RHIZOBIUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 33947522287     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-007-0027-7     Document Type: Article

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