High tolerance against Chrysomela tremulae of transgenic poplar plants expressing a synthetic cry3Aa gene from Bacillus thuringiensis ssp tenebrionis

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-110

  Génissel, Anne ^a,d   Leplé, Jean Charles ^b   Millet, Nadège ^b   Augustin, Sylvie ^a   Jouanin, Lise ^c   Pilate, Gilles ^b  

^a Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

^b National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Chrysomela tremulae; Cry3Aa; Insect pest resistance; Populus; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHRYSOMELA TREMULAE; CRY3AA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; INSECT PEST RESISTANCE; INSECTS PESTS; PEST RESISTANCE; POPULUS; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; TRANSGENIC POPLARS;

GENES;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR TENEBRIONIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOMELA TREMULAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0037293812     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022453220496     Document Type: Article

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