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Conferred resistance to Botrytis cinerea in Lilium by overexpression of the RCH10 chitinase gene.
Plant cell reports - 1 Jul 2015
Núñez de Cáceres González Francisco F, Davey Michael R, Cancho Sanchez Ester, Wilson Zoe A
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KEY MESSAGE: Transgenic Lilium lines have been generated by Agrobacterium -mediated transformation that have enhanced resistance to Botrytis cinerea as a consequence of ectopic expression of a rice chitinase gene. The production of ornamentals is an important global industry, with Lilium being one of the six major bulb crops in the world. The international trade in ornamentals is in the order of £60-75 billion...
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