Genetic engineering of crop plants for fungal resistance: role of antifungal genes

Ceasar, S A and Ignacimuthu, S (2012) Genetic engineering of crop plants for fungal resistance: role of antifungal genes. Biotechnology Letters. 8 pp..

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Abstract

Fungal diseases damage crop plants and affect agricultural production. Transgenic plants have been produced by inserting antifungal genes to confer resistance against fungal pathogens. Genes of fungal cell wall-degrading enzymes, such as chitinase and glucanase, are frequently used to produce fungalresistant transgenic crop plants. In this review, we summarize the details of various transformation studies to develop fungal resistance in crop plants.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Agrobacterium-mediated,Chitinase, Fungal resistance �Glucanase, Transgenic plants
Author Affiliation: Division of Plant Biotechnology, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai 600034, India
Subjects: Crop Improvement > Genetics/Genomics
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Mr Siva Shankar
Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2012 05:56
Last Modified: 27 Mar 2012 05:56
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10529-012-0871-1
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/4226

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