High resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in transgenic soybean plants transformed to express an oxalate decarboxylase gene

Plant Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 654-660

  Cunha, W G ^a,b   Tinoco, M L P ^a,b   Pancoti, H L ^a   Ribeiro, R E ^a   Aragao F J L ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Oxalate decarboxylase; Oxalic acid; Transgenic soybean; White mould

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXALIC ACID; PATHOGENICITY; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 77955021625     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02279.x     Document Type: Article

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