Overexpression of a citrus NDR1 ortholog increases disease resistance in Arabidopsis

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Lu, Hua ^a   Zhang, Chong ^a   Albrecht, Ute ^b   Shimizu, Rena ^a   Wang, Guanfeng ^a   Bowman, Kim D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus; Citrus canker; Genetic engineering; Greening disease; Huanglongbing; Pseudomonas syringae; Salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892613772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00157     Document Type: Article

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