Transgenic plants expressing bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxins

Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 155-166

  Li, Hua Rong ^a   Oppert, Brenda ^c,d   Zhu, Kun Yan ^a   Higgins, Randall A ^a   Huang, Fang Neng ^b   Buschman, Lawrent L ^a  

^a Departments of Entomology   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry protein; Genetic modification; Insecticidal protein; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449103928     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2003.tb00379.x     Document Type: Article

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