Transgenic Petunia hybrida expressing a synthetic fungal chitinase gene confers disease tolerance to Botrytis cinerea

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-291

  Khan, Raham Sher ^a   Kameya, Nanako ^a   Mii, Masahiro ^a   Nakamura, Ikuo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Botrytis cinerea; Fungal chitinase; Petunia hybrida; Synthetic gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864843478     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.12.0412a     Document Type: Article

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