Transgenic sweet potato plants carrying the delta-endotoxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis var. tenebrionis

Plant Science

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-184

  Moran R ^a   Garcia R ^a   Lopez A ^a   Zaldua Z ^a   Mena, J ^a   Garcia M ^a   Armas, R ^a   Somonte, D ^a   Rodriguez J ^b   Gomez M ^b   Pimentel, E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^b Inst Nac de Invest de Viandas T   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Bacillus thuringiensis var. tenebrionis; Plant transformation; Sweet potato; Sweet potato weevil

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POTATO; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 0032585577     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(98)00179-4     Document Type: Article

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