Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4521429 | South African Journal of Botany | 2011 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
⺠β-1,3-glucanase from the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma atroviride expressed in pearl millet.⺠Millet harbouring antifungal transgene gluc78 downstream of either the ubiquitin or pin2 promoter.⺠Full constructs or minimal transgene expression cassettes introduced into the genome of millet.⺠One transgenic event exhibited a 58% reduction in Sclerospora graminicola infection.
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Authors
M.M. O'Kennedy, B.G. Crampton, M. Lorito, E. Chakauya, W.A. Breese, J.T. Burger, F.C. Botha,