Quest for antimicrobial genes to engineer disease-resistant crops.
Antimicrobial peptides are ancient mediators of the innate defenses of all species of life. These small lytic peptides are being exploited to genetically engineer disease-resistant crop plants. It is anticipated that certain (combinations of) potent antimicrobial peptides will provide agronomically relevant levels of disease control and should contribute to more sustainable agricultural practices.
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Aventis CropScience, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. erik.vanderbiezen@aventis.com
D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics*