Enhancing banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) resistance by plant genetic modification: A perspective

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 631-645

  Kiggundu, Andrew ^a,b   Pillay, Michael ^c   Viljoen, Altus ^b   Gold, Clifford ^c   Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce ^a   Kunert, Karl ^b  

^a Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Banana weevil; Host plant resistance; Pest resistance genes; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AEGOPODIUM PODAGRARIA LECTIN; AMYLASE INHIBITOR; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CHITINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GALANTHUS NIVALIS AGGLUTININ; INSECT PROTEIN; PLANT LECTIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

AFRICA; BANANA; COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GERMPLASM; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; PEST CONTROL; PEST MANAGEMENT; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT PEST; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AEGOPODIUM PODAGRARIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; GALANTHUS; GALANTHUS NIVALIS; INSECTA; MUSA; MUSA X PARADISIACA; PLANTAGO; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 3042625938     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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