▪ Abstract Transgenic plants expressing insecticidal proteins from the bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), are revolutionizing agriculture. Bt, which had limited use as a foliar …
C Potenza, L Aleman, C Sengupta-Gopalan - In Vitro Cellular & …, 2004 - Springer
Plant genetic engineering has contributed substantially to the understanding of gene regulation and plant development, in the generation of transgenic organisms for widespread …
JE Bradshaw, GJ Bryan, G Ramsay - Potato Research, 2006 - Springer
The genetic resources available for the improvement of the cultivated potato (Solanum tuberosum) are reviewed along with progress in their utilisation. The conclusions are as …
Transgenic resistance to insects has been demonstrated in plants expressing insecticidal genes such as δ-endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), protease inhibitors, enzymes …
The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the world's fourth most important food crop after maize, rice and wheat with 377 million tonnes fresh-weight (FW) of tubers produced in 2016 from …
SK Chakrabarti, KA Lutz, B Lertwiriyawong, Z Svab… - Transgenic …, 2006 - Springer
We report here the control of potato tuber moth (Phthorimaeaáoperculella) by incorporating a truncated Bacillusáthuringiensisácry9Aa2 gene in the plastid genome. Plasmids pSKC84 …
S Naimov, S Dukiandjiev… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis delta‐endotoxins has proven to be a successful strategy for obtaining insect resistance in transgenic plants. Drawbacks of expression of a single …
JE Bradshaw, M Bonierbale - Root and tuber crops, 2010 - Springer
The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the world's third most important food crop after wheat and rice with 309 million tonnes fresh weight of tubers produced in 2007 from 18.5 million …
With the current world population growth of 1.2%, the earth can expect to house 9-10 billion people by 2050. Food production, too, must increase to accommodate these numbers. Easy …