High levels of stable resistance in transgenic rice with a cry1Ab gene from Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner to rice leaffolder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée) under field conditions

Crop Protection

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 171-178

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

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cnaphalocrocis medinalis; Cry1Ab gene; Resistance evaluation; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETIC DNA;

PEST RESISTANCE; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHINA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINE; INSECT RESISTANCE; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHINA;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CNAPHAROCROSIS MEDINALIS; LEPIDOPTERA; ORYZA SATIVA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0037290754     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(02)00142-4     Document Type: Article

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