Generation of transgenic plantain (Musa spp.) with resistance to plant pathogenic nematodes

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 842-851

  Roderick, Hugh ^a   Tripathi, Leena ^b   Babirye, Annet ^b   Wang, Dong ^a,c   Tripathi, Jaindra ^b   Urwin, Peter E ^a   Atkinson, Howard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; IMMUNOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANTAGO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; NEMATODA; PLANTAGO; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

HELICOTYLENCHUS MULTICINCTUS; MAMMALIA; MUSA; NEMATODA; RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865760036     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2012.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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