Genetic engineering of Plum pox virus resistance: 'HoneySweet' plum-from concept to product

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Scorza, Ralph ^a   Callahan, Ann ^a   Dardick, Chris ^a   Ravelonandro, Michel ^b   Polak, Jaroslav ^c   Malinowski, Tadeusz ^d   Zagrai, Ioan ^e   Cambra, Mariano ^f   Kamenova, Ivanka ^g  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Univ Bordeaux   (France)

^c CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d Institute of Horticulture   (Poland)

^e Fruit Research and Development Station Bistrit a   (Romania)

^f INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^g AGROBIOINSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Fruit breeding; Genetic engineering regulation; Genetic Modification; Pathogen derived resistance; Plum; Prunus domestica; Rapid cycle breeding; Risk assessment; RNAi; Rosaceae; Sharka; siRNA; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING REGULATIONS; FRUIT BREEDING; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; PATHOGEN-DERIVED RESISTANCE; PLUM; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; RAPID CYCLE BREEDING; RNAI; ROSACEAE; SHARKA; SIRNA; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

FRUITS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAFETY TESTING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84882781826     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-013-0339-6     Document Type: Review

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