Overexpression of defense response genes in transgenic wheat enhances resistance to Fusarium head blight

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 479-488

  Mackintosh, Caroline A ^a   Lewis, Janet ^a   Radmer, Lorien E ^a   Shin, Sanghyun ^a   Heinen, Shane J ^a   Smith, Lisa A ^a   Wyckoff, Meagen N ^a   Dill Macky, Ruth ^a   Evans, Conrad K ^c   Kravchenko, Sasha ^b   Baldridge, Gerald D ^a   Zeyen, Richard J ^a   Muehlbauer, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusarium graminearum; Fusarium head blight; Transgenic wheat; Triticum aestivum; Wheat

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT (FHB); TRANSGENIC WHEAT; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

CROPS;

GLUCAN 1,3 BETA GLUCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; FUSARIUM; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHEAT;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FUSARIUM; GLUCAN 1,3-BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

DISEASES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; WHEAT;

FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VIBRIO PHAGE VSK;

EID: 33947543505     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0265-8     Document Type: Article

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