Genetic transformation of grapevines with Trichoderma harzianum and antimicrobial peptide genes for improvement of fungal tolerance

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 689, Issue , 2005, Pages 469-474

  Hinrichsen, Patricio ^a   Reyes, M Antonieta ^a   Castro, Álvaro ^a   Araya, Susan ^a   Garnier, Maurice ^a   Prieto, Humberto ^a   Reyes, Fernando ^a   Muñoz, Carlos ^a   Dell'Orto, Paola ^b   Moynihan, Michael R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

^b Fundacion Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

'Thompson Seedless'; Botrytis cinerea; Genetically modified organisms; GMO; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247363352     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.689.56     Document Type: Article

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