Highly scab-resistant transgenic apple lines achieved by introgression of HcrVf2 controlled by different native promoter lengths

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 349-358

  Szankowski, Iris ^a   Waidmann, Sascha ^a   Degenhardt, Juliana ^a,e   Patocchi, Andrea ^b   Paris, Roberta ^c   Silfverberg Dilworth, Eve ^d   Broggini, Giovanni ^d   Gessler, Cesare ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e EMBRAPA CLIMA TEMPERADO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apple scab; HcrVf resistance gene; Malus; Venturia inaequalis

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; MALUS; MALUS FLORIBUNDA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; VENTURIA INAEQUALIS;

EID: 61349102389     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-008-0191-8     Document Type: Article

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