Instability of Mi-mediated nematode resistance in transgenic tomato plants

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-364

  Goggin, Fiona L ^a   Shah, Gowri ^b   Williamson, Valerie M ^c   Ullman, Diane E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b DNA Plant Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; Lycopersicon esculentum; Mi; Root knot nematode

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

% REDUCTIONS; GENE SILENCING; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MI; NEMATODE RESISTANCE; RESISTANCE LEVEL; ROOT KNOT NEMATODE; TRANSCRIPT LEVEL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS;

GENES;

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA;

EID: 3843148243     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MOLB.0000034090.73857.b1     Document Type: Article

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