Toxicity to the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, of some Cry1Ac toxins expressed in cotton in India

Crop Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 3-5, 2008, Pages 537-544

  Gujar, G T ^a   Nair, R ^a   Singh, B P ^a   Kumari, A ^a   Kalia, V ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry1Ac; Helicoverpa armigera; The cotton bollworm; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COTTON; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRID; MOTH; NEONATE; PROTEIN; TOXICITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 38849164196     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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