The impact of introducing the Bacillus thuringiensis gene into cotton on boll nitrogen metabolism

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-180

  Zhang, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Ye, Guoyou ^b   Wang, Yonghui ^a   Chen, Yuan ^a   Chen, Dehua ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis gene; Boll development; Cotton; Nitrogen metabolism

Indexed keywords

COTTON; CULTIVAR; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SIMIAE;

EID: 34548264116     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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