Article
Enhanced resistance to citrus canker in transgenic sweet orange expressing the sarcotoxin IA gene
2017-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Citrus canker, caused by the bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas citri subp. Citri (Xcc), is a serious disease reported in most citrus-producing areas around the world. Although different levels of field resistance to citrus canker have been reported in sweet oranges, they are usually not sufficient to provide adequate control of the disease. Ectopic over-expression of antibacterial genes is one of the potential strate...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 212d2ec6-6ab8-5cff-a40d-3ffd4fd5fe82
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10658-017-1234-5
