Evaluation of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) rice varieties against stem borer (Chilo suppressalis)

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 648-651

  Kiani, Ghaffar ^a   Nematzadeh, Ghorban Ali ^a   Ghareyazie, Behzad ^b   Sattari, Majid ^c  

^a SARI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c Rice Research Institute of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bt rice; cry1Ab; Insect bioassay; PCR analysis

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CASSIOPE MERTENSIANA; CHILO SUPPRESSALIS; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; EVALUATION; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 53749088042     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.648.651     Document Type: Article

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