Engineering resistance to multiple prunus fruit viruses through expression of chimeric hairpins

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 407-414

  Liu, Zongrang ^a   Scorza, Ralph ^a   Hily, Jean Michel ^a   Scott, Simon W ^b   James, Delano ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Canadian Food Inspection Agency   (Canada)

Author keywords

dsRNA; Gene silencing; siRNA; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN PLUM LINE PATTERN VIRUS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PEACH MOSAIC VIRUS; PLUM POX VIRUS; PRUNE DWARF VIRUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS NECROTIC RINGSPOT VIRUS; PRUNUS PERSICA; TOMATO RINGSPOT VIRUS;

EID: 34249016738     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.132.3.407     Document Type: Article

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