Introduction of DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) and following move towards
indiscriminate use of synthetic chemical insecticides led to the contamination of water and …

Rice biotechnology has made rapid advances since the first transgenic rice plants were
produced 15 years ago. Over the past decade, this progress has resulted in the …

A novel synthetic cry2A* gene was introduced into the elite indica rice restorer line Minghui
63 by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. A total of 102 independent transformants …

An additional billion mouths will need feeding within the next decade. In spite of the
extensive research and development that has been invested in Bt rice (rice transformed with …

BACKGROUND: Yellow stem borer (Tryporyza incertulas Walker), striped stem borer (Chilo
suppressalis Walker) and leaf folder (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenec) are three …

Rice is the most amenable crop plant for genetic manipulation amongst monocots due to its
small genome size, enriched genetic map, availability of entire genome sequence, and …

Yellow stem borer (YSB), Scirpophaga incertulas (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), a
monophagous pest of paddy is considered as most important pest of rain fed low land and …

Seven homozygous transgenic lines of two European commercial cultivars of rice (Ariete (A)
and Senia (S)), harbouring the cry1B or cry1Aa Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) δ‐endotoxin …

Rice is one of the most important crops as the staple food for more than half of the world's
population. Rice improvement has achieved remarkable success in the past half-century …

This study explored a novel system combining plant‐based production and the elastin‐like
peptide (ELP) fusion strategy to produce vaccinal antigens against tuberculosis. Transgenic …