Transgenic plants expressing two Bacillus thuringiensis toxins delay insect resistance evolution

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1493-1497

  Zhao, Jian Zhou ^a   Cao, Jun ^a   Li, Yaxin ^a   Collins, Hilda L ^a   Roush, Richard T ^b,c   Earle, Elizabeth D ^a   Shelton, Anthony M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; GENES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MICROORGANISMS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN CRY1AC; PROTEIN CRY1C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BROCCOLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GREENHOUSE; INSECT RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MALE; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRASSICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PESTICIDES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ARACHNIDA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0346662566     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt907     Document Type: Article

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