The basis for rootstock resilient to Capnodis species : screening for genes encoding δ-endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis

• Main Authors: Gindin, Galina, Mendel, Zvi, Levitin, Bella, Kumar, Pradeep, Kuznetsova, Tatiana, Levi, Tal, Shahi, Preeti, Khasdan, Vadim, Weinthal, Dan, Einav, Monica, Kushmaro, Ariel, Protasov, Alex, Zaritsky, Arieh, Ben-Dov, Eitan
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Botany; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101569; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19728
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

BACKGROUND Conventional methods often fail to control the flatheaded borers Capnodis spp., major pests of stone fruit trees; the larvae are protected from insecticides and predation because they feed deep in the roots. A potential solution is transgenic trees producing in their roots toxic comp...