Bruchid resistance of transgenic azuki bean expressing seed α-amylase inhibitor of common bean

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 309-315

  Ishimoto, Masao ^a   Sato, Takashi ^b   Chrispeels, Maarten J ^c   Kitamura, Keisuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Central Agriculture Experiment Station   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Callosobruchus spp.; genetic engineering; host specificity; insect resistance; transgenic plant; Zabrotes subfasciatus; amylase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029848547     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00838.x     Document Type: Article

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