Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of a hevein-like gene into asparagus leads to stem wilt resistance.

Asparagus stem wilt, is a significant and devastating disease, typically leading to extensive economic losses in the asparagus industry. To obtain transgenic plants resistant to stem wilt, the hevein-like gene, providing broad spectrum bacterial resistance was inserted into the asparagus genome thro...

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Main Authors: Helong Chen, Anping Guo, Zhiwei Lu, Shibei Tan, Jian Wang, Jianming Gao, Shiqing Zhang, Xing Huang, Jinlong Zheng, Jingen Xi, Kexian Yi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223331