Contribution of the drought tolerance-related Stress-responsive NAC1 transcription factor to resistance of barley to Ramularia leaf spot

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 201-209

  Mcgrann, Graham R D ^a,b   Steed, Andrew ^a   Burt, Christopher ^a,c   Goddard, Rachel ^a   Lachaux, Clea ^a   Bansal, Anuradha ^a   Corbitt, Margaret ^a   Gorniak, Kalina ^b   Nicholson, Paul ^a   Brown, James K M ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c RAGT Seeds Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotroph; Endophyte; Hemibiotroph; Necrotroph; Plant pathogen interaction; Senescence; Transgenic resistance

Indexed keywords

BLUMERIA GRAMINIS F. SP. HORDEI; ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; HORDEUM; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE; OCULIMACULA YALLUNDAE; RAMULARIA; RAMULARIA COLLO-CYGNI;

PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ASCOMYCETES; DROUGHT; GENETICS; HORDEUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF;

ASCOMYCOTA; DROUGHTS; HORDEUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84921300876     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12173     Document Type: Article

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