Transformation of roses with genes for antifungal proteins to reduce their susceptibility to fungal diseases

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 572, Issue , 2002, Pages 105-111

  Dohm, Andrea ^a   Ludwig, Clarisse ^a   Schilling, Dagmar ^a   Debener, Thomas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated gene transfer; Chitinase; Glucanase; In planta transformation; Ribosome inhibiting protein; Signal peptide; Somatic embryogenesis; T4 lysozyme

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ROSA;

EID: 84878470591     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.572.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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