Acquisition of insect-resistant transgenic maize harboring a truncated cry1Ah gene via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 937-944

  Li, Xiu Ying ^a,b   Lang, Zhi Hong ^b   Zhang, Jie ^b   He, Kang Lai ^b   Zhu, Li ^b   Huang, Da Fang ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Insectresistant maize; Stable inheritance; Truncated cry1Ah gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899834471     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60531-6     Document Type: Article

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