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...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1995
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47037
Description
Summary: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...