Researchers describe mechanism for plant virus resistance

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 07:00 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org) —Scientists have described a mechanism conferring resistance in brassica plants to Turnip mosaic virus, a discovery which it is hoped will lead to durable resistance being introduced into food crops, including the most important brassica crop worldwide Brassica rapa.

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