Article
Transformation of carrots with mutant acetolactate synthase for Orobanche (broomrape) control.
Pest management science - 1 Dec 2002
Aviv Dvora, Amsellem Ziva, Gressel Jonathan
Abstract excerpt
Parasitic Orobanche spp are major constraints to vegetable crop production in the Mediterranean basin (to eastern Europe) and in localized places in India, China and the USA. Transgenic target-site herbicide resistance (eg, to acetolactate synthase inhibitors) allows for movement of unmetabolized herbicide through the crop to the photosynthate sink in the parasite, as well as through the soil. We report the...
Topics
- Acetolactate Synthase
- Culture Techniques
- Daucus carota
- Drug Resistance
- Germination
- Herbicides
- Imidazoles
- Mutation
- Niacin
- Orobanche
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Seeds
