Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato

Sweet potato is one of the most important food crops in the developing world but it is susceptible to insect damage, which can cut its yield by up to 80%. New research may succeed in transferring a gene from cowpea which will help control the...

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Autor principal: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Formato: News Item
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1991
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45530
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spelling CGSpace455302021-02-23T16:24:51Z Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation Sweet potato is one of the most important food crops in the developing world but it is susceptible to insect damage, which can cut its yield by up to 80%. New research may succeed in transferring a gene from cowpea which will help control the... 1991 2014-10-08T13:41:01Z 2014-10-08T13:41:01Z News Item https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45530 en Open Access Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation CTA. 1991. Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato . Spore 33. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato
title Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato
title_full Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato
title_fullStr Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato
title_full_unstemmed Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato
title_short Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato
title_sort gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato
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