Transforming a NEP1 toxin gene into two fusarium spp. to enhancemycoherbicide activity on orobanche - failure and success

Pest Management Science

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 588-595

  Meir, Sagit ^a   Amsellem, Ziva ^a   Hani, Al Ahmad ^a   Safran, Einat ^a   Gressel, Jonathan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Bioherbicide; Cosuppression; Fusarium; Orobanche

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; MYCOTOXIN;

AMINO ACID; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DICOTYLEDON; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; PATHOGENICITY; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FUSARIUM; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OROBANCHE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; FUSARIUM; HERBICIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOTOXINS; OROBANCHE; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM COCCODES; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM ARTHROSPORIOIDES; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. ERYTHROXYLI; FUSARIUM SP.; OROBANCHE; OROBANCHE AEGYPTIACA;

EID: 65649126332     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1736     Document Type: Article

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