Expression of gene for Dioscorea batatas tuber lectin 1 in transgenic tobacco confers resistance to green-peach aphid

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-145

  Kato, Tetsuya ^a   Hori, Masatoshi ^a   Ogawa, Tomohisa ^a   Muramoto, Koji ^a   Toriyama, Kinya ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aphid; Dioscorea batatas tuber lectin 1; Insect resistance; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955339852     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.27.141     Document Type: Article

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