Expression of Cry1Ac in transgenic Bt soybean lines and their efficiency in controlling lepidopteran pests

Pest Management Science

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1326-1333

  Yu, Huilin ^a   Li, Yunhe ^a   Li, Xiangju ^a   Romeis, Jörg ^a,b   Wu, Kongming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agrotis ypsilon; Bt soybean; ELISA; Helicoverpa armigera; Spodoptera exigua; Spodoptera litura

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CORRELATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWING SEASON; INSECT; PEST RESISTANCE; PEST SPECIES; PROTEIN; SOYBEAN;

CHINA;

AGROTIS IPSILON; GLYCINE MAX; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

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

AGROTIS YPSILON; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BT SOYBEAN; CHINA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SOYBEAN; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; SPODOPTERA LITURA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROTIS YPSILON; BT SOYBEAN; ELISA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHINA; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOYBEANS;

EID: 84887024788     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3508     Document Type: Article

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