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Plastid-expressed Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cry3Bb confers high mortality to a leaf eating beetle in poplar.
Plant cell reports - 1 Mar 2020
Xu Shijing, Zhang Yiqiu, Li Shengchun, Chang Ling, Wu Yuyong, Zhang Jiang
Abstract excerpt
KEY MESSAGE: The Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cry3Bb gene was successfully introduced into poplar plastid genome, leading to transplastomic poplar with high mortality to Plagiodera versicolora. Poplar (Populus L.) is one of the main resource of woody industry, but being damaged by insect pests. The feasibility and efficiency of plastid transformation technology for controlling two lepidopteran caterpillars have...
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