The USe of <em>pac</em>1 Gene from <em>Schizosaccaromyces pombe</em> to Protect Potato from <em>Potato virus Y </em> (PVY) and <em>Potato X</em> (PVX) Infections

The effect that pac1, a yeast-derived ds-RNA specific RNase gene, has on Potato virus X (PVX) and on Potato virus Y (PVY) infections in potato was investigated. Tuber disks of cv. Desirée were transformed with LB4404 Agrobacterium tumefaciens carrying a modified PBI121 binary vector in which the tra...

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Main Authors: C. Colalongo, N. Contaldo, G. Faccioli, P. Pagan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2005-04-01
Series:Phytopathologia Mediterranea
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/5134