A leaf-section bioassay for evaluating rice stem borer resistance in transgenic rice containing a synthetic cry1Ab gene from Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-182

  Ye, G Y ^a   Shu, Q Y ^a   Cui, H R ^a   Hu, C ^a   Gao, M W ^a   Xia, Y W ^a   Cheng, X ^b   Altosaar, I ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARAUJIA SERICIFERA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0034101097     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300000298     Document Type: Article

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