Transgenic cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) seeds expressing a bean α-amylase inhibitor 1 confer resistance to storage pests, bruchid beetles

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1841-1850

  Solleti, Siva Kumar ^a   Bakshi, Souvika ^a   Purkayastha, Jubilee ^a   Panda, Sanjib Kumar ^b   Sahoo, Lingaraj ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b Assam University School of Life Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Bean amylase inhibitor 1 ( AI 1); Callosobruchus spp.; Geneticin selection; Storage pest resistance; Transgenic cowpea

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE INHIBITOR, PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ALPHA-AMYLASE INHIBITOR, PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; BACTERIAL DNA; PLANT DNA; PLANT LECTIN; PRIMER DNA; T DNA; T-DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; LEGUME; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LECTINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RHIZOBIUM; SEEDS; WEEVILS;

AGROBACTERIUM; BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS; CALLOSOBRUCHUS CHINENSIS; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PUSA; RHIZOBIUM; SUS; VIGNA UNGUICULATA; VIR;

EID: 55949117481     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-008-0606-x     Document Type: Article

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