Utility of a tissue culture-independent Agrobacterium-mediated in planta transformation strategy in bell pepper to develop fungal disease resistant plants

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 170, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-69

  Arthikala, Manoj Kumar ^a,b   Nanjareddy, Kalpana ^a,b   Lara, Miguel ^a,b   Sreevathsa, Rohini ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated in planta transformation; Bell pepper; Leveillula taurica; NPR1 gene; Overexpression; Stable transformants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; PATHOGENICITY; REGENERATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 84897824563     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.02.034     Document Type: Article

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