Transgenic sugarcane plants expressing high levels of modified cry1Ac provide effective control against stem borers in field trials

Transgenic Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 759-772

  Weng, Li Xing ^a,b   Deng, Hai Hua ^c   Xu, Jin Ling ^a   Li, Qi ^a   Zhang, Yu Qian ^b   Jiang, Zi De ^a   Li, Qi Wei ^c   Chen, Jian Wen ^c   Zhang, Lian Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Biomass Comprehensive Utilization   (China)

Author keywords

Cry1Ac; GC content; Proceras venosatum; Sugarcane stem borer; Transgenic sugarcane plant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT STEM; SUGARCANE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BEETLES; ENDOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHARUM;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79954971071     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9456-8     Document Type: Article

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