Host-induced gene silencing of a regulator of G protein signalling gene (VdRGS1) confers resistance to Verticillium wilt in cotton

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1629-1643

  Xu, Jun ^a   Wang, Xinyu ^a   Li, Yongqing ^a   Zeng, Jianguo ^a   Wang, Guilin ^a   Deng, Chaoyang ^a   Guo, Wangzhen ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cotton (Gossypium hirsutum); host induced gene silencing; pathogenicity; regulator of G protein signalling; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051731287     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12900     Document Type: Article

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