Constitutive expression of Cry proteins in roots and border cells of transgenic cotton

Euphytica

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Knox, Oliver G G ^a   Gupta, Vadakattu V S R ^a   Nehl, David B ^b,c   Stiller, Warwick N ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Australian Cotton Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Border cells; Cry protein; Exudates; Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum; Gossypium hirsutum; Mucilage; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. VASINFECTUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 33847264532     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-006-9272-7     Document Type: Article

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