Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) using a synthetic cry1Ab gene for enhanced resistance against Heliothis armigera

Iranian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 164-173

  Tohidfar, Masoud ^a   Ghareyazie, Behzad ^a   Mosavi, Mojgan ^a   Yazdani, Shohre ^a   Golabchian, Reyhaneh ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN ABRII   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Bacillus thuringiensis; Cotton; cry1Ab; Genetic transformation; Heliothis armigera; Insect resistance

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CRY1AB TOXIN; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; COTTON; GENE VECTOR; GENOME; GREENHOUSE; HELIOTHIS ARMIGERA; INSECT RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PEST INSECT; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 60549087509     PISSN: 17283043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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