Evaluation of potato tuber moth (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) resistance in tubers of Bt-cry5 transgenic potato lines

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 472-476

  Mohammed, Ahmed ^a   Douches, D S ^b   Pett, W ^b   Grafius, E ^b   Coombs, J ^b   Liswidowati, ^b   Li, W ^b   Madkour, M A ^a  

^a Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute   (Egypt)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Genetic engineering; Phthorimaea operculella; Solanum tuberosum; Transgenic potato

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0034167679     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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