CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, Budapest, 1993
Overexpression of a tobacco beta-1,3-glucanase gene results in resistance to tobacco black root rot
Agriculture Canada, Research Station, Delhi, ON, Canada.
In Canada, black root rot (Thielaviopsis basicola) is a serious disease of flue-cured tobacco that is controlled through soil fumigation and the use of varieties with varying degrees of partial resistance. Since soil fumigants may not be available...