Expression of PR-5 protein thaumatin II for improving disease resistance and fruit quality of tomato

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 789, Issue , 2008, Pages 151-158

  Korneeva, I V ^a   Shestibratov, K A ^b   Lavrova, N V ^a   Firsov, A P ^b   Lebedev, V G ^b   Kharchenko, P N ^a   Dolgov, S V ^a,b  

^a ALL RUSSIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Disease resistance; Inheritance; Phytophthora infestans; Tomato; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 61449112143     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.789.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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