Field reaction to Sclerotinia blight among transgenic peanut lines containing antifungal genes.(Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology)

Crop Science,  March, 2005  by Chenault, K.D.; Melouk, H.A.; Payton, M.E.

Tags: biotechnology, gene, Molecular Inc., resistance

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Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is susceptible to many diseases. In the southwestern USA and other regions where peanut is grown, diseases caused by fungi are a major threat to profitable production. Transgenic peanut lines possessing fungal resistance genes offer an alternative to traditional resistance and fungicide application in managing fungal diseases.

Thirty-two transgenic peanut lines containing antifungal genes (a rice chitinase and/or an alfalfa glucanase) were evaluated for their reaction to Sclerotinia blight caused by Sclerotinia minor Jagger in small field plots (6.1 by 7.6 m) for ...

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