Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology

Industrial Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Constituent College of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, PO Box 577, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Publications

• Review Article   
  Application of the Lectin and Non-lectin Genes in Transgenic Crops
  Author(s): Suliman Khan*, Zou Xiaobo, Khalilur Rahman, Rahim Dost Khan, Muhammad Irfan and Mariam Jamiel
  
  Agricultural and horticultural crops are attacked by a number of pests, the most common of which are insect mites and nematodes, which cause damage to the plants both directly and indirectly via the fungal, bacterial, or viral infections they spread. Traditionally, agrochemicals (pesticides) were used to protect crops from pests, which had negative effects on crop yield as well as contaminating our air, affecting plant, animal, and human health. Transgenic crops that are resistant to major insect pests were one of the first achievements of plant biotechnology as a result of insects' ability to develop resistance to single insecticidal gene products. Plant with single insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis and lectin genes with resistance to major pests of rice, Maize, Tobacco, and Cotton, made up the first generation of products. The objective of this revi.. View more»
  

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