Disease resistance gene transcription in transgenic potato is unaltered by temperature extremes and plant physiological age

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 469-476

  Iorizzo, Massimo ^a,b,c   Mollov, Dimitre S ^a   Carputo, Domenico ^b   Bradeen, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant age; R gene; RB; Real time PCR; Transcript level

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITIC DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME;

PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 79960443560     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-011-9765-7     Document Type: Article

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