Transgenic cotton expressing synthesized scorpion insect toxin AaHIT gene confers enhanced resistance to cotton bollworm (Heliothis armigera) larvae

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 547-554

  Wu, Jiahe ^a,b   Luo, Xiaoli ^a   Wang, Zhian ^a   Tian, Yingchuan ^b   Liang, Aihua ^a   Sun, Yi ^a  

^a Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Androctonus australis; Bollworm control; Cotton (transgenic); Gossypium hirsutum; Scorpion toxin in cotton

Indexed keywords

ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS; BOLLWORM CONTROL; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LARVAE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEINS;

COTTON;

SCORPION TOXIN I, ANDROCTONUS; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COTTON; GENETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GOSSYPIUM; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SCORPION VENOMS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 38649088932     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9555-7     Document Type: Article

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