Publication Date:
2016-07-20
Description:
Article 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 Lygus species. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms12213 Authors: 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
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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