title: Genetic engineering of crop plants for fungal resistance: role of antifungal genes.
abstract: Fungal diseases damage crop plants and affect agricultural production. Transgenic plants have been produced by inserting antifungal genes to confer resistance against fungal pathogens. Genes of fungal cell wall-degrading enzymes, such as chitinase and glucanase, are frequently used to produce fungal-resistant transgenic crop plants. In this review, we summarize the details of various transformation studies to develop fungal resistance in crop plants.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plant Biotechnology, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: S Antony
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ceasar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ignacimuthu
mesh_terms: D060467:Disease Resistance; D005658:Fungi / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D060847:Metabolic Engineering / Q000379:methods; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases