Overexpression of snakin-1 gene enhances resistance to Rhizoctonia solani and Erwinia carotovora in transgenic potato plants

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-338

  Almasia, Natalia I ^a,b   Bazzini, Ariel A ^a   Hopp, H Esteban ^a,b   Vazquez Rovere, Cecilia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; HYPHOMYCETES; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; SOLANUM; SOLANUM CHACOENSE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 42249092243     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2008.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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