Field performance of transgenic elite commercial hybrid rice expressing Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxin

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 1101-1104

  Tu, Jumin ^a,b   Zhang, Guoan ^a   Datta, Karabi ^b   Xu, Caiguo ^a   He, Yuqing ^a   Zhang, Qifa ^a   Khush, Gurdev Singh ^b   Datta, Swapan Kumar ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Field performance; Fusion Bt protein; Hybrid rice; Pest control; Transgenic indica restorer line

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CROP; FUSION GENE; HYBRID; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHINA; ENDOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INSECTICIDES; LEPIDOPTERA; ORYZA SATIVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0033774329     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/80310     Document Type: Article

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