Insect resistance of transgenic tobacco expressing an insect chitinase gene

Transgenic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-84

  Ding, Xiongfei ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Bhuvana ^a   Johnson, Lowell B ^a   White, Frank F ^a   Wang, Xiaorong ^a   Morgan, Thomas D ^b   Kramer, Karl J ^b   Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis toxin; Chitinase; Heliothis virescens; Manduca sexta; Nicotiana tabacum; Tobacco budworm; Tobacco hornworm

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BUDWORM; CHITINASE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HORNWORM; INSECT RESISTANCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHITINASE; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MANDUCA; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0032032435     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008820507262     Document Type: Article

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