Article
Enhancement of resistance to soft rot (Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum) in transgenic Brassica rapa
2013-06-01
Abstract excerpt
Brassica rapa (chinese cabbage) is one of the main vegetable crops grown in Asian countries. Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum causes severe economic loss in this crop as well as in other Brassica crops through soft rot disease. Cysteine proteases like bromelain, papain or ficin show toxic effects to herbivorous insects and pathogenic bacteria. They have been known to be critical factors in plant defen...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8028e56a-93a0-51c4-b941-f9bc5019568a
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10658-012-0165-4
