Genetic engineering of Plum pox virus resistance: aHoneySweeta plumafrom concept to product

• Published in: Plant cell, tissue and organ culture Vol. 115; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Scorza, Ralph, Callahan, Ann, Dardick, Chris, Ravelonandro, Michel, Polak, Jaroslav, Malinowski, Tadeusz, Zagrai, Ioan, Cambra, Mariano, Kamenova, Ivanka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.10.2013
• Subjects: Plum pox virus; Prunus

Sharka disease, caused by Plum pox virus (PPV) was first recorded in Bulgaria during the early twentieth century and since that first report, the disease has progressively spread throughout Europe and more recently to Asia, Africa, North and South America. Few PPV resistance genes have been found to...