title: Engineering disease and pest resistance in plants.
abstract: Improvements in transformation techniques and the isolation of many genes whose transcripts or protein products either have antimicrobial or insecticidal activity or are involved in the synthesis of products with such activities have provided valuable tools for engineering resistance in plants. Future exploitation of this technology should provide an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional disease and pest control measures.
authors.affiliation: Waksman Institute, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Piscataway 08854-8020, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Dempsey
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Klessig
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; D007300:Insect Control; D007306:Insecticides; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000472:pathogenicity; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004731:Endotoxins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; D007306:Insecticides; C030956:insecticidal crystal protein, Bacillus Thuringiensis