Expression of cry1Ac9 and cry9Aa2 genes under a potato light-inducible Lhca3 promoter in transgenic potatoes for tuber moth resistance

Euphytica

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-309

  Meiyalaghan, Sathiyamoorthy ^a,b   Jacobs, Jeanne M E ^a   Butler, Ruth C ^a   Wratten, Steve D ^b   Conner, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Bacillus thuringiensis; cry1Ac9; cry9Aa2; Light inducible Lhca3 promoter; Phthorimaea operculella

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA; RHIZOBIUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 33646452736     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-005-9012-4     Document Type: Article

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