Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of potato cv. Mnandi for resistance to the potato tuber moth (Phthorimaea operculella)

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-74

  Veale, M A ^a   Slabbert, M M ^b   Van Emmenes, L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Bacillus thuringiensis; Phthorimaea operculella; Potato cultivar Mnandi; Potato tuber moth; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MOTH; PEST RESISTANCE; PEST SPECIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; REGENERATION; TRANSFORMATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA; RHIZOBIUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84860428841     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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