Improved fire blight resistance in transgenic apple lines by constitutive overexpression of the mbr4 gene of Malus baccata

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 793, Issue , 2008, Pages 287-292

  Flachowsky, H ^a   Peil, A ^a   Rollins, J ^a   Hanke, M V ^a   Richter, K ^a   Lee, D H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Erwinia amylovora; Resistance; TIR NBS LRR; Transgenic apple

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS BACCATA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 61449209112     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2008.793.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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