Increased oriental armyworm and aphid resistance in transgenic wheat stably expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) endotoxin and Pinellia ternate agglutinin (PTA)

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-44

  Yu, Yang ^a,b   Wei, Zhiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium transformation; Aphid; Oriental armyworm; Wheat

Indexed keywords

GENES; INSECTICIDES; PEST CONTROL;

AGROBACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; APHID; ORIENTAL ARMYWORMS;

CROPS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; APHIDIDAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; MYTHIMNA SEPARATA; PINELLIA; PINELLIA TERNATA; RHIZOBIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 44449161805     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-008-9384-y     Document Type: Article

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