Phytophthora Resistance Through Production of a Fungal Protein Elicitor (β-Cryptogein) in Tobacco
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- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by Scientific Societies in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®
- Vol. 11 (1) , 64-67
- https://doi.org/10.1094/mpmi.1998.11.1.64
Abstract
Transformation of tobacco with a gene encoding the fungal elicitor protein, β-cryptogein, resulted in resistance to the pathogen Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae. Resistance was improved when the foreign gene was in the hemizygous state, and a single amino acid substitution that reduced the necrotic effects of the protein also conferred some resistance.Keywords
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