Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) trypsin inhibitors expressed in transgenic tobacco plants confer resistance against Spodoptera litura

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 696-699

  Yeh, K W ^a   Lin, M I ^a   Tuan, S J ^b   Chen, Y M ^a   Lin, C Y ^a   Kao, S S ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Agric Chem Toxic S ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Genetic transformation; Kanamycin resistance; Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas); Tobacco cutworm; Trypsin inhibitor

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 0030750613     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050304     Document Type: Article

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