Expression of Cry1Ab protein in a marker-free transgenic bt rice line and its efficacy in controlling a target pest, chilo suppressalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 528-536

  Wang, Yanan ^a   Zhang, Lei ^b   Li, Yunhe ^a   Liu, Yanmin ^a   Han, Lanzhi ^a   Zhu, Zhen ^b   Wang, Feng ^c   Peng, Yufa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Bt rice; Cry1Ab; ELISA; Pest resistance

Indexed keywords

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

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROCEDURES; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; MOTHS; ORYZA SATIVA; PEST CONTROL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84898434059     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN13254     Document Type: Article

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