The study of gene function in filamentous fungi is a field of research that has made great
advances in very recent years. A number of transformation and gene manipulation strategies …

Transgenic plants are produced via Agrobacterium mediated transformation and other direct
DNA transfer methods. A number of transgenes conferring resistance to insects, diseases …

Background Self-complementary RNA transcripts form a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) that
triggers a sequence-specific mRNA degradation, in a process known as RNA interference …

A novel system was developed for efficient transformation of the fungal biocontrol agent
Beauveria bassiana. Competent blastospores were prepared and stored in LiAc-and …

Agrobacterium tumefaciens was used to stably transform the entomopathogenic
deuteromycete Beauveria bassiana to hygromycin B resistance by integration of the hph …

The Handbook of Fungal Biotechnology offers the newest developments from the frontiers of
fungal biochemical and molecular processes and industrial and semi-industrial applications …

The filamentous fungus, Isaria fumosorosea, is a promising insect biological control agent.
Chitinases have been implicated in targeting insect cuticle structures, with biotechnological …

Germinated asexual sporangia, zoospores, and mycelia of Phytophthora infestans were
transformed to G418-resistance by microprojectile bombardment. After optimization, an …

Fonsecaea pedrosoi, a melanized fungal pathogen that causes Chromoblastomycosis, a
human disease with a worldwide distribution. Biolistic is a widely used technique for direct …

Aims: To test the suitability of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens‐mediated transformation
(AMT) method with Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, a fungal pathogen that causes diseases in …