The role of thionins in rice defence against root pathogens

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 870-881

  Ji, Hongli ^a,b   Gheysen, Godelieve ^a   Ullah, Chhana ^a   Verbeek, Ruben ^a   Shang, Chenjing ^a   De Vleesschauwer, David ^a   Höfte, Monica ^a   Kyndt, Tina ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Defence; Meloidogyne graminicola; Overexpression; Pythium graminicola; qRT PCR; Rice thionins

Indexed keywords

THIONIN PEPTIDE;

GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORYZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT;

GENES, PLANT; ORYZA; PLANT ROOTS; THIONINS;

EID: 84940789454     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12246     Document Type: Article

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