Transgenic tomato plants expressing a wheat endochitinase gene demonstrate enhanced resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-251

  Girhepuje, P V ^a   Shinde, G B ^a  

^a RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Endochitinase; Fusarium oxysporum; Transgenic tomato

Indexed keywords

CHITINASES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENDOCHITINASE; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUMS; FUSARIUM WILT; HYGROMYCIN; IN-VITRO; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SOUTHERN BLOT ANALYSIS; TOMATO PLANTS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC LINES; TRANSGENIC TOMATO; TRANSGENIC TOMATO PLANTS; UBIQUITIN;

FRUITS; FUNGI; GENE ENCODING; HYDROLASES; PATHOGENS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PUSA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79954418779     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-010-9859-5     Document Type: Article

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