Field resistance to Fusarium oxysporum and Verticillium dahliae in transgenic cotton expressing the plant defensin NaD1

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1541-1550

  Gaspar, Yolanda M ^a,b   McKenna, James A ^a,b   McGinness, Bruce S ^a   Hinch, Jillian ^a   Poon, Simon ^a,b   Connelly, Angela A ^a   Anderson, Marilyn A ^b   Heath, Robyn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Defensin; Field trials; Fusarium oxysporum; Transgenic cotton; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DEFENSIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FIELD TRIALS; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC COTTON; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VERTICILLIUM; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE.;

ANTIFUNGAL; DEFENSIN; FIELD TRIALS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; TRANSGENIC COTTON; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE.;

DEFENSINS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUSARIUM; GOSSYPIUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; TOBACCO; VERTICILLIUM;

EID: 84893822697     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru021     Document Type: Article

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