Biochemical and molecular studies on the resistance mechanisms in tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] against blister blight disease.

ABSTRACT: Tea (Camellia sinensis) plantations are exposed to biotic and abiotic stresses. Among the biotic factors, blister blight (BB), caused by Exobasidium vexans, affects the quality and quantity of the product and demands high fungicide application. A long term solution for disease resistance would require the knowledge of the basic molecular and biochemical changes occurring in plant as an attempt to resist the pathogen and limit the spread of the disease which can further help in developing resistant cultivars using biotechnological tools. Thus, gene expression studies using the cDNA based suppressive subtractive hybridization library, characterization of genes for pathogenesis related (PR) proteins [chitinase (CsCHIT), glucanase (CsGLUC), phenylalanine ammonia lya

SUBMITTER: Nisha SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6103951 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature