CRY 1AB trangenic cowpea obtained by nodal electroporation

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3200-3210

  Adesoye, Adenubi ^a,b   Machuka, Jesse ^b   Togun, Adeniyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cowpea transformation; Genetic engineering; in planta; Maruca vitrata; Nodal bud electroporation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC G 418;

ARTICLE; COWPEA; CRY 1AB GENE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT; MARUCA VITRATA; NONHUMAN; NPT II GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEED; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC CROP;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; MARUCA VITRATA;

EID: 52949145985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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