Expression of alfalfa antifungal peptide gene and enhance of resistance to Verticillium dahliae in upland cotton

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-100

  Zhang, Haiping ^a,b   Wang, Xuede ^a   Shao, Mingyan ^a   Yuan, Shuna ^a   Ni, Mi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Cotton; Disease resistance; Transformation; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 70949086625     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710802425296     Document Type: Article

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