Genetic transformation of crops for insect resistance: potential and limitations

HC Sharma, KK Sharma, JH Crouch - Critical Reviews in Plant …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Transgenic resistance to insects has been demonstrated in plants expressing insecticidal
genes such as δ-endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), protease inhibitors, enzymes …

Transgenics, pest management, and the environment

HC Sharma, R Ortiz - Current Science, 2000 - JSTOR
Genetic engineering of crop plants to confer resistance to insect pests offers an
environmental friendly method of crop protection. Impressive results have been obtained …

[图书][B] Biotechnological approaches for pest management and ecological sustainability

HC Sharma - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Due to increasing problems occurring from massive applications of pesticides, such as
insect resistance to pesticides, the use of biotechnological tools to minimize losses from …

Insect defence: its impact on microbial control of insect pests.

K Narayanan - 2004 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Insects are the earliest and most diverse taxon of animals accounting for more species than
all other animals put together because of their high reproductive potential and varied niche …

Genetic engineering of crop plants for insect resistance

PK Ranjekar, A Patankar, V Gupta, R Bhatnagar… - Current Science, 2003 - JSTOR
Tools of molecular biology and genetic engineering agricultural, horticultural and forest
species faces a per have provided humankind with unprecedented power to petual …

Expression of a synthetic cry1AcF gene in transgenic Pigeon pea confers resistance to Helicoverpa armigera

SV Ramu, S Rohini, G Keshavareddy… - Journal of applied …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Pigeon pea is an important legume. Yield losses due to insect pests are enormous in the
cultivation of this crop. Expression of cry proteins has led to increased resistance to pests in …

Specificity and Combinatorial Effects of Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry Toxins in the Context of GMO Environmental Risk Assessment

A Hilbeck, M Otto - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Stacked GM crops expressing up to six Cry toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are today
replacing the formerly grown single-transgene GM crop varieties. Stacking of multiple Cry …

[HTML][HTML] Conventional and molecular approaches towards genetic improvement in pigeonpea for insects resistance

AK Choudhary, RS Raje, S Datta, R Sultana… - 2013 - scirp.org
Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh] is an important food legume of the semi-arid
tropics (SAT) sustaining livelihood of millions of people. Stagnant and unstable yield per …

Resistance to'CrylAc δ-endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis' in a laboratory selected strain of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner)

KR Kranthi, S Kranthi, S Ali, SK Banerjee - Current Science, 2000 - JSTOR
The cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) was selected for resistance to CrylAc
in the laboratory. In the first 4–5 regimens of selection, there was no apparent change in the …

Synergistic activity between Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac toxins against maize stem borer (Chilo partellus Swinhoe)

P Sharma, V Nain, S Lakhanpaul… - Letters in Applied …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Aim: To select a toxin combination for the management of maize stem borer (Chilo partellus)
and to understand possible mechanism of synergism among Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A …