Over-expression of a WRKY transcription factor gene BoWRKY6 enhances resistance to downy mildew in transgenic broccoli plants

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 327-334

  Jiang, Ming ^a   Liu, Qing e ^b   Liu, Zhen Ning ^c   Li, Jin Zhi ^a   He, Cai Ming ^a  

^a TAIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LISHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea var. italica; Downy mildew; Over expression; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971506901     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: 14486032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13313-016-0416-5     Document Type: Article

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