TY - JOUR AU - Miao, Weiguo AU - Wang, Xiben AU - Li, Ming AU - Song, Congfeng AU - Wang, Yu AU - Hu, Dongwei AU - Wang, Jinsheng PY - 2010 DA - 2010/04/15 TI - Genetic transformation of cotton with a harpin-encoding gene hpaXooconfers an enhanced defense response against different pathogens through a priming mechanism JO - BMC Plant Biology SP - 67 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - The soil-borne fungal pathogen Verticillium dahliae Kleb causes Verticillium wilt in a wide range of crops including cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). To date, most upland cotton varieties are susceptible to V. dahliae and the breeding for cotton varieties with the resistance to Verticillium wilt has not been successful. SN - 1471-2229 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-10-67 DO - 10.1186/1471-2229-10-67 ID - Miao2010 ER -