Transgenic tobacco plants expressing synthetic Cry1Ac and Cry1Ie genes are more toxic to cotton bollworm than those containing one gene

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1381-1387

  Lian, Yun ^a   Jia, ZhiWei ^a   He, KangLai ^b   Liu, YunJun ^c   Song, FuPing ^b   Wang, BaoMin ^a   Wang, GuoYing ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Medicinal Science   (China)

Author keywords

Bt resistant cotton bollworm; Cry1Ac; Cry1Ie; Toxic; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 43049101072     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0182-z     Document Type: Article

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