Expression of a β-1,3-glucanase from a biocontrol fungus in transgenic pearl millet

► β-1,3-glucanase from the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma atroviride expressed in pearl millet.► Millet harbouring antifungal transgene gluc78 downstream of either the ubiquitin or pin2 promoter.► Full constructs or minimal transgene expression cassettes introduced into the genome of millet.► One transgenic event exhibited a 58% reduction in Sclerospora graminicola infection.