TRANSGENIC SUGARCANE PLANTS RESISTANT TO STEM BORER ATTACK

Authors
ARENCIBIA A VAZQUEZ RI PRIETO D TELLEZ P CARMONA ER COEGO A HERNANDEZ L DELARIVA GA SELMANHOUSEIN G
Citation
A. Arencibia et al., TRANSGENIC SUGARCANE PLANTS RESISTANT TO STEM BORER ATTACK, Molecular breeding, 3(4), 1997, pp. 247-255
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Plant Sciences","Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Molecular breeding → ACNP
ISSN journal
13803743
Volume
3
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
247 - 255
Database
ISI
SICI code
1380-3743(1997)3:4<247:TSPRTS>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A truncated cryIA(b) gene encoding the active region of the Bacillus t huringiensis delta-endotoxin was expressed in transgenic sugarcane pla nts (Saccharum officinarum L.) under the control of the CaMV 35S promo ter. Genetic transformation was accomplished by electroporation of int act cells. The levels of recombinant toxin were established and biolog ical activity tests were performed against neonate sugarcane borer (Di atraea saccharalis F.) larvae. Transgenic sugarcane plants showed sign ificant larvicidal activity despite the low expression of CryIA(b).