Transgenic IR72 with fused Bt gene cry1Ab/cry1Ac from Bacillus thuringiensis is resistant against four lepidopteran species under field conditions

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-133

  Ye, Gong Yin ^a   Tu, Jumin ^b   Hu, Cui ^a   Datta, K ^b   Datta, S K ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Agronomic traits; Bacillus thuringiensis; Field testing; Fused Bt gene; Leaffolder; Semilooper; Stem borers; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000387837     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.18.125     Document Type: Article

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