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SUBMITTER: Gaspar YM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3967090 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gaspar Yolanda M YM McKenna James A JA McGinness Bruce S BS Hinch Jillian J Poon Simon S Connelly Angela A AA Anderson Marilyn A MA Heath Robyn L RL
Journal of experimental botany 20140206 6
The plant defensin NaD1, from Nicotiana alata, has potent antifungal activity against a range of filamentous fungi including the two important cotton pathogens, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (Fov) and Verticillium dahliae. Transgenic cotton plants expressing NaD1 were produced and plants from three events were selected for further characterization. Homozygous plants were assessed in greenhouse bioassays for resistance to Fov. One line (D1) was selected for field trial testing over three ...[more]