RNA Interference of Endochitinases in the Sugarcane Endophyte Trichoderma virens 223 Reduces Its Fitness as a Biocontrol Agent of Pineapple Disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Romão Dumaresq, Aline S ^a   de Araújo, Welington Luiz ^a   Talbot, Nicholas J ^b   Thornton, Christopher R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCHITINASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CERATOCYSTIS PARADOXA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDOCHITINASE GENE; ENDOPHYTE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; HYPOCREA VIRENS; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PINEAPPLE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; SUGARCANE; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHITINASE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; RHIZOCTONIA; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 84867857701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047888     Document Type: Article

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