Red rot resistant transgenic sugarcane developed through expression of β-1,3-glucanase gene.

Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is a commercially important crop, vulnerable to fungal disease red rot caused by Colletotrichum falcatum Went. The pathogen attacks sucrose accumulating parenchyma cells of cane stalk leading to severe losses in cane yield and sugar recovery. We report development of red r...

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Main Authors: Shivani Nayyar, Bipen Kumar Sharma, Ajinder Kaur, Anu Kalia, Gulzar Singh Sanghera, Karanjit Singh Thind, Inderjit Singh Yadav, Jagdeep Singh Sandhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5489175?pdf=render