Isolation of a novel tomato caffeoyl CoA 3-O-methyltransferase gene following infection with the bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 588-596

  Miao, L ^a   Shou, S ^a   Zhu, Z ^a   Jiang, F ^a   Zai, W ^a,b   Yang, Y ^a,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wenzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bulked segregant analysis; CCoAOMT; cDNA AFLP; Ralstonia solanacearum; Tomato

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; POLYMORPHISM; VEGETABLE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 50249121964     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2008.01406.x     Document Type: Article

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