Plum pox virus coat protein gene intron-hairpin-RNA (ihpRNA) constructs provide resistance to plum pox virus in Nicotiana benthamiana and Prunus domestica

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 850-858

  Hily, Jean Michel ^a,b   Ravelonandro, Michel ^b   Damsteegt, Vern ^c   Bassett, Carole ^a   Petri, Cesar ^a,d   Liu, Zongrang ^a   Scorza, Ralph ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Univ Bordeaux   (France)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA silencing; RNAi technology; Sharka resistance; Woody perennial tree

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PLUM POX VIRUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 34848842308     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.132.6.850     Document Type: Article

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