Virus-induced gene silencing of WRKY53 and an inducible phenylalanine ammonia-lyase in wheat reduces aphid resistance

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1023-1032

  Van Eck, Leon ^a   Schultz, Thia ^b   Leach, Jan E ^a   Scofield, Steven R ^c,d   Peairs, Frank B ^a   Botha, Anna Maria ^b   Lapitan, Nora L V ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diuraphis noxia; Functional genomics; Plant insect interactions; RNA interference (RNAi); Triticum aestivum; Virus induced gene silencing (VIGS)

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIRUS; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; GENE SILENCING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA-LYASE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRITICUM; VIRUSES;

APHIDIDAE; BARLEY STRIPE MOSAIC VIRUS; DIURAPHIS NOXIA; HEXAPODA; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78149485450     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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