Abstract
Insect and herbicide-resistant plants are the most widely grown transgenics in agricultural production. No strategy using genetically engineered plants for disease resistance has had a comparable impact. Why is this? What are the prospects for introducing transgenic disease resistant plants to agriculture? We review the biological background for strategies used to make disease resistant GM crops, illustrate examples of these different strategies and discuss future prospects.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Sustainable disease management in a European context |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Publication date | 2008 |
| Pages | 217-231 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781402087790 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- Bacterial disease
- Disease resistant plants
- Fungal disease
- Genetically engineering
- Plant virus