Transgenic sugarcane plants resistant to stem borer attack

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 247-255

  Arencibia, Ariel ^a   Vázquez, Roberto I ^a   Prieto, Dmitri ^a   Téllez, Pilar ^a   Carmona, Elva R ^a   Coego, Alberto ^a   Hernández, Lázaro ^a   De La Riva, Gustave A ^a   Selman Housein, Guillermo ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Diatraea; Sugarcane; Transgenic plant; endotoxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOACTIVITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); VIRUSES;

ACTIVE REGIONS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CRYIA(B) GENE; DIATRAEA; GENES ENCODING; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM; SUGARCANE; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; TRANSGENICS; Δ-ENDOTOXIN;

GENE ENCODING;

EID: 0000421759     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009616318854     Document Type: Article

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