Effective control of yellow stem borer and rice leaf folder in transgenic rice indica varieties Basmati 370 and M 7 using the novel δ-endotoxin cry2A Bacillus thuringiensis gene

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 501-507

  Maqbool, Shahina Bano ^a,b   Husnain, T ^b   Riazuddin, S ^b   Masson, L ^c   Christou, P ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt); Cry2A; Particle bombardment; Rice leaf folder; Transgenic rice; Yellow stem borer

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECTICIDE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PEST CONTROL; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT VARIETY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; PROTEINS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CRY2A; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; RICE LEAF FOLDER; RICE LEAVES; RICE PESTS; TRANSGENIC RICE; YELLOW STEM BORER;

GENES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0032446480     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009660315970     Document Type: Article

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