Constitutive expression of the poplar WRKY transcription factor PtoWRKY60 enhances resistance to Dothiorella gregaria Sacc. in transgenic plants

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1118-1129

  Ye, Shenglong ^a   Jiang, Yuanzhong ^a   Duan, Yanjiao ^a   Karim, Abdul ^a   Fan, Di ^a   Yang, Li ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Yin, Jia ^b   Luo, Keming ^a,b  

^a School of Life Sciences   (China)

^b NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Pathogen; Populus; Salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WOUNDING;

DOTHIORELLA GREGARIA; POPULUS; POPULUS TOMENTOSA;

EID: 84923413241     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu079     Document Type: Article

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