We describe efficient polyethylene glycol (PEG)-mediated and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation systems for a pharmaceutically important basidiomycete fungus, Clitopilus passeckerianus, which produces pleuromutilin, a diterpene antibiotic. Three dominant selectable marker systems based on hygromycin, phleomycin, and carboxin selection were used to study the feasibility of PEG-mediated transf...

Seed decay (rot) and seedling damping-off caused by Rhizoctonia solani are among the most important diseases of cotton which result in the significant yield reduction, application of expensive and harmful chemical fungicides and most importantly contamination of soil and agricultural environment. This study was conducted to investigate the possible efficacy of cotton seed delinting in the reduc...

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