Transgenic potato lines expressing cry1Ba1 or cry1Ca5 genes are resistant to potato tuber moth

Potato Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-216

  Meiyalaghan, S ^a,b   Jacobs, J M E ^a,b   Butler, R C ^b   Wratten, S D ^a   Conner, A J ^a,b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

35S promoter; Agrobacterium transformation; Cry genes; Insect resistance; Lepidopteran resistance; Solanum tuberosum

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 34248578882     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: 18714528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11540-007-9017-6     Document Type: Article

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