Production of transgenic eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) resistant to Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata say)

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-334

  Arpaia, S ^a   Mennella, G ^b   Onofaro, V ^b   Perri, E ^b   Sunseri, F ^a   Rotino, G L ^b  

^a Metapontum Agrobios ^*  (Italy)

^b Centro di Ricerca per l'Orticoltura   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis, var. Tolworthi; Coleoptera; Insect control; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 0030881341     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220050567     Document Type: Article

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