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Zamir K. Punja
Researcher at Simon Fraser University
Publications - 140
Citations - 4807
Zamir K. Punja is an academic researcher from Simon Fraser University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Botrytis cinerea & Root rot. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 128 publications receiving 4280 citations.
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Genetic engineering of plants to enhance resistance to fungal pathogens.
TL;DR: The use of tissue-specific or pathogen-inducible promoters, and the engineered expression of resistance genes, synthetic antimicrobial peptides, and elicitor molecules that induce defense responses have the potential to provide commercially useful broad-spectrum disease resistance in the not-too-distant future.
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Genetic engineering of plants to enhance resistance to fungal pathogens—a review of progress and future prospects
TL;DR: In this paper, the identification and cloning of numerous genes involved in the defense responses of plants following pathogen infection have resulted in the identification, cloning, and expression of several genes that express proteins, peptides, or antimicrobial compounds that are directly toxic to pathogens or that reduce their growth in situ.
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Genetic Change Within Populations of Phytophthora infestans in the United States and Canada During 1994 to 1996: Role of Migration and Recombination.
Stephen B. Goodwin,Christine D. Smart,Robert W. Sandrock,Kenneth L. Deahl,Zamir K. Punja,William E. Fry +5 more
TL;DR: Ability to infect both potato and tomato apparently did not increase the fitness of this genotype relative to US-8, as predicted previously, and it generally was not possible to predict which genotypes would be present in a location from 1 year to the next.
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Using fungi and yeasts to manage vegetable crop diseases
Zamir K. Punja,R.S. Utkhede +1 more
TL;DR: Biotechnological techniques are becoming increasingly valuable to elucidate the mechanisms of action of fungi and yeasts and provide genetic characterization and molecular markers to monitor the spread of these agents.
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Seaweed extract reduces foliar fungal diseases on carrot
TL;DR: Results show that SW enhances disease resistance in carrot, likely through induction of defence genes or proteins, and was more effective than salicylic acid (SA) in reducing infection.