Field and storage testing Bt potatoes for resistance to potato tuberworm (Lepidoptera: Gelichiidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1425-1431

  Douches, D S ^a   Pett, W ^a   Santos, F ^a   Coombs, J ^a   Grafius, E ^a   Li, W ^a   Metry, E A ^a,b   Nasr El Din, T ^a,b   Madkour, M ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Agricultural Research Centre   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Phthorimaea operculella; Solanum tuberosum; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 4444246269     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/97.4.1425     Document Type: Article

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