Transformation of eggplant with synthetic cryIIIA gene produces a high level of resistance to the Colorado potato beetle

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-25

  Jelenkovic, Gojko ^a   Billings, Sharon ^a   Chen, Qi ^b   Lashomb, James ^a   Hamilton, George ^a   Ghidiu, Gerald ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Insect resistance; Var. tenebrionis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031975669     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.1.19     Document Type: Article

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