Claviceps purpurea expressing polygalacturonases escaping PGIP inhibition fully infects PvPGIP2 wheat transgenic plants but its infection is delayed in wheat transgenic plants with increased level of pectin methyl esterification
Keywords: Polygalacturonase inhibiting protein; Polygalacturonase; Pectin methyl esterification; Transgenic plants; Wheat; Claviceps purpurea; Ergot disease; NS; null segregant; HD; honeydew; HG; homogalacturonan; GalA; galacturonic acid; PG; polygalacturonase; PGI