Transgenic tobacco expressing Zephyranthes candida agglutinin showing enhanced resistance to aphids

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-159

  Pang, Y ^a   Shen, G ^a   Qi, H ^b   Tan, F ^c   Sun, X ^a   Tang, K ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APHID; CROP YIELD; PEST RESISTANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

APHID; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HARVEST; HOST RESISTANCE; MARKER GENE; MYZUS PERSICAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT REGENERATION; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; APHIDIDAE; CANDIDA; INSECTA; MYZUS; MYZUS PERSICAE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PRUNUS PERSICA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEPHYRANTHES; ZEPHYRANTHES CANDIDA;

EID: 2342524052     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200420015     Document Type: Article

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