Host-Induced Gene Silencing of the Target Gene in Fungal Cells Confers Effective Resistance to the Cotton Wilt Disease Pathogen Verticillium dahliae

Molecular Plant

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 939-942

  Zhang, Tao ^a,b   Jin, Yun ^a   Zhao, Jian Hua ^a   Gao, Feng ^c   Zhou, Bang Jun ^a,d   Fang, Yuan Yuan ^a   Guo, Hui Shan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; VERTICILLIUM;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE SILENCING; GOSSYPIUM; PLANT DISEASES; VERTICILLIUM;

EID: 84977178358     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2016.02.008     Document Type: Letter

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