• A new variety of Solanum sisymbriifolium obtained by in vitro polyploidization 

      Iannicelli, Jesica; Costoya, Susana Beatriz; Bugallo, Veronica Lucia; Coviella, Maria Andrea; Mondino, Eduardo Ariel; Thougnon Islas, Andrea Julieta; Escandon, Alejandro Salvio (Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, 2024)
      Solanum sisymbriifolium is a shrub native to South America and considered a weed of several important crops. Despite this, this species has proven nematicidal capacity and medicinal properties, due to its ability to produce ...
    • Overexpression of snakin-1 gene enhances resistance to Rhizoctonia solani and Erwinia carotovora in transgenic potato plants 

      Almasia, Natalia Ines; Bazzini, Ariel Alejandro; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Vazquez Rovere, Cecilia (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008-05)
      Snakin‐1 (SN1), a cysteine‐rich peptide with broad‐spectrum antimicrobial activity in vitro, was evaluated for its ability to confer resistance to pathogens in transgenic potatoes. Genetic variants of this gene were cloned ...