Transgenic apple plants overexpressing the chalcone 3-hydroxylase gene of Cosmos sulphureus show increased levels of 3-hydroxyphloridzin and reduced susceptibility to apple scab and fire blight

Planta

Volumn 243, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1213-1224

  Hutabarat, Olly Sanny ^a   Flachowsky, Henryk ^b   Regos, Ionela ^c   Miosic, Silvija ^a   Kaufmann, Christine ^c   Faramarzi, Shadab ^a   Alam, Mohammed Zobayer ^a   Gosch, Christian ^a   Peil, Andreas ^b   Richter, Klaus ^b   Hanke, Magda Viola ^b   Treutter, Dieter ^c   Stich, Karl ^a   Halbwirth, Heidi ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxyphloretin; 3 Hydroxyphloridzin; Chalcone 3 hydroxylase (CH3H); Dihydrochalcones; Erwinia amylovora; Malus domestica; Venturia inaequalis

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYPHLORETIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PHLORETIN; PLANT PROTEIN; POLYPHENOL;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ASCOMYCETES; ASTERACEAE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASTERACEAE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALUS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PHLORETIN; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYPHENOLS;

EID: 84964292839     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-016-2475-9     Document Type: Article

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