Expression of a plant defensin in rice confers resistance to fungal phytopathogens

Transgenic Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-384

  Jha, Sanjay ^a,b   Chattoo, Bharat B ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^b NAVSARI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Magnaporthe oryzae; Plant microbe interactions; Rhizoctonia solani; Rs AFP2; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPHOMYCETES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAGNAPORTHE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLASMID; RADISH; RICE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING; DRUG EFFECTS; RAPHANUS; RHIZOCTONIA;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DEFENSINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNAPORTHE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RAPHANUS; RHIZOCTONIA;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; HYPHOMYCETES; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; ORYZA SATIVA; PUSA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 77952241898     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9315-7     Document Type: Article

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