Resistance to root-knot nematode in tomato roots expressing a nematicidal Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 455-464

  Li, Xiang Qian ^a   Wei, Jun Zhi ^a,b   Tan, Anderson ^a,c   Aroian, Raffi V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc   (United States)

^c TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Biocontrol; Crystal protein; Meloidogyne incognita; Plant parasitic nematode; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CODON; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TYLENCHOIDEA;

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; ARABIDOPSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA;

EID: 34249780356     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2007.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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