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Molecular breeding of wheat in the sense of genetic engineering will be the subject of this paper. It will review actual strategies for engineering fungal resistance in crops. An efficient method for genetic transformation of wheat like the biolistic method using immature embryos as target tissue — together with genes that directly or indirectly inhibit the pathogen’s spread — form the basis for the development of transgenic wheat plants with improved fungal resistance.
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Oldach, K., Serazetdinova, L., Becker, D., Lorz, H. (2001). Molecular Breeding for Improved Biotic Stress Resistance. In: Bedö, Z., Láng, L. (eds) Wheat in a Global Environment. Developments in Plant Breeding, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3674-9_39
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