A transgenic approach for controlling Lygus in cotton

Autor: Anilkumar Gowda, Timothy J. Rydel, Andrew M. Wollacott, Robert S. Brown, Waseem Akbar, Thomas L. Clark, Stanislaw Flasinski, Jeffrey R. Nageotte, Andrew C. Read, Xiaohong Shi, Brent J. Werner, Michael J. Pleau, James A. Baum
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12213
Popis: Plant-feeding insects of the Lygus genus have emerged as a major pest effecting cotton crops in the USA. Here the authors optimize the insecticidal activity of a Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein and produce transgenic plants that are resistant to feeding damage by Lygusspecies.
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