<i>Agrobacterium</i>-Mediated Transformation of pMDC140 Plasmid Containing the Wheatwin2 Gene into the Tadong Rice Genome

Blast disease resulting from <i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i> fungal infection reduces annual rice yield by up to 30% globally. The wheatwin2 (<i>wwin2</i>) is a pathogenesis-related (PR) gene that encodes for a PR-4 protein with chitinase properties that is capable of degrading chi...

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Main Authors: Eric Tzyy Jiann Chong, Jovita Jun Wong, Zaleha Abdul Aziz, Chia Lock Tan, Sreeramanan Subramaniam, Mariam Abd. Latip, Ping-Chin Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Agronomy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/6/1072