Resistance of transgenic potatoes to attack by Epitrix cucumeris (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-431

  Stewart, Jeff G ^a   Feldman, Jennifer ^a,b   LeBlanc, Debby A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Nature Mark Potatoes   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CANADA; GROWTH; INDUCED RESISTANCE; INSECT RESISTANCE; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOXICITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CROP DAMAGE; PEST RESISTANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CANADA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND;

ALTICINI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EPITRIX; EPITRIX CUCUMERIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032795371     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent131423-4     Document Type: Article

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