Identification and application of exogenous dsRNA confers plant protection against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  McLoughlin, Austein G ^a   Wytinck, Nick ^a   Walker, Philip L ^a   Girard, Ian J ^a   Rashid, Khalid Y ^b   De Kievit, Teresa ^a   Fernando, W G Dilantha ^a   Whyard, Steve ^a   Belmonte, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MORDEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ASCOMYCETES; BOTRYTIS; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAPESEED; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASCOMYCOTA; BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; GENE ONTOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 85046835680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25434-4     Document Type: Article

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