Pyramided rice lines harbouring Allium sativum (asal) and Galanthus nivalis (gna) lectin genes impart enhanced resistance against major sap-sucking pests

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 63-71

  Bharathi, Y ^a   Vijaya Kumar, S ^a   Pasalu, I C ^b   Balachandran, S M ^b   Reddy, V D ^a   Rao, K V ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DIRECTORATE OF RICE RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Allium sativum lectin; Entomotoxic effects; Galanthus nivalis lectin; Insect resistance; Oryza sativa; Pyramided lines; Sap sucking pests

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ENTOMOTOXIC EFFECTS; GALANTHUS NIVALIS LECTIN; INSECT RESISTANCE; ORYZA SATIVA; PYRAMIDED LINES; SAP-SUCKING PESTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE EXPRESSION;

LECTIN;

ARTICLE; FEEDING; FERTILITY; GALANTHUS NIVALIS; GARLIC; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; PLAGUE; PLANT BREEDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; TRANSGENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GALANTHUS; GARLIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; INSECTS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; ORYZA SATIVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT EXUDATES; PLANT LECTINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; TRANSGENES;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; GALANTHUS NIVALIS; HEXAPODA; NILAPARVATA LUGENS; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 79952899205     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.01.021     Document Type: Article

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