Analyses of inheritance patterns and consistent expression of sporamin and chitinase PjChi-1 genes in Brassica napus

Plant Breeding

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-351

  Liu, Hongbo ^a   Naeem, Muhammad S ^a   Liu, Dan ^a   Zhu, Yana ^a   Guo, Xiang ^a   Cui, Peng ^a   Zhou, Weijun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Brassica napus; Chitinase PjChi 1; Insect resistance; Progeny; Sporamin

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 79957905214     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2010.01827.x     Document Type: Article

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