Investigation of insecticidal activity of rye α-amylase inhibitor gene expressed in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) toward cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis)

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-44

  Dias, Simoni Campos ^a,b,c   da Silva, Maria Cristina Mattar ^a   Teixeira, Fábíola R ^a   Figueira, Edson Luis Zangrando ^a,d   de Oliveira Neto, Osmundo Brilhante ^a,d   de Lima, Loaiane Alves ^c   Franco, Octávio Luiz ^c,e   Grossi de Sa, Maria Fátima ^a,c  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Analises Proteomicas e Bioquimicas   (Brazil)

^d Centro Universitario Unieuro   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cotton boll weevil; Insect pest; Transgenic plants; Amylase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 77954957254     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: 10959939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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