Evaluation of Bt.-Transgenic maize for resistance to the stem borers Busseola fusca (Fuller) and Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) in South Africa

South African Journal of Plant and Soil

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-43

  Van Rensburg, J B J ^a  

^a ARC GRAIN CROPS INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Busseola fusca; Chilo partellus; Transgenic maize

Indexed keywords

PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

MAIZE; PEST RESISTANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUSSEOLA FUSCA; CHILO PARTELLUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PYRALIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032861729     PISSN: 02571862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02571862.1999.10634843     Document Type: Article

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