New insect-resistant variety of maize

Biotechnology could mean that one day insecticides will be a thing of the past. A gene that confers resistance to harmful insects and parasites is inserted into the DNA of the crop-plant to be protected and thereafter the plant manufactures its own...

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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 1995
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47037
Descripción
Sumario:Biotechnology could mean that one day insecticides will be a thing of the past. A gene that confers resistance to harmful insects and parasites is inserted into the DNA of the crop-plant to be protected and thereafter the plant manufactures its own...