Osmany Chacón

<i>NmDef02</i>, a novel antimicrobial gene isolated from <i>Nicotiana megalosiphon</i> confers high‐level pathogen resistance under greenhouse and field conditions

Roxana Portieles, Camilo Ayra‐Pardo, Ernesto González et al. · Plant Biotechnology Journal · 2010 · 94 citations · Full text

Engineering, Pathogen Resistance, Novel Antimicrobial Gene +16

Black shank resistant tobacco by silencing of glutathione S-transferase

Ingrid Márquez Hernández, Osmany Chacón, Raisa Rodríguez et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2009 · 63 citations

Phytoalexin, Engineering, Biochemistry +3

EIL2 Transcription Factor and Glutathione Synthetase Are Required for Defense of Tobacco Against Tobacco Blue Mold

Orlando Borrás‐Hidalgo, Bart P. H. J. Thomma, Cyrelys Collazo et al. · Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions · 2006 · 23 citations · Full text

Biology, Plant Molecular Biology, Biosynthesis +15

Over-expression of a protein kinase gene enhances the defense of tobacco against Rhizoctonia solani

Osmany Chacón, Marleny González, Yunior López et al. · Gene · 2009 · 16 citations

Biology, Plant Immunity, Biosynthesis +6

Identification of defense-related genes in tobacco responding to black shank disease

Osmany Chacón, Ingrid Márquez Hernández, Roxana Portieles et al. · Plant Science · 2009 · 16 citations

Biology, Defense-related Genes, Black Shank Disease +10