Transgenic rice plants expressing a trypsin inhibitor are resistant against rice stem borers, Chilo suppressalis

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-178

  Mochizuki, Atsushi ^a,d   Nishizawa, Yaeko ^b   Onodera, Haruko ^b   Tabei, Yutaka ^b   Toki, Seiichi ^b   Habu, Yoshiki ^c   Ugaki, Masashi ^b   Ohashi, Yuko ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Agric Forest/Fish Res Council   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chilo suppressalis; Insect resistance; Synthetic trypsin inhibitor gene; Transgenic rice plants; Winged bean trypsin inhibitor

Indexed keywords

CHILO SUPPRESSALIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORYZA SATIVA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PSOPHOCARPUS TETRAGONOLOBUS; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0033306397     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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