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Potential of plant-derived genes in the genetic manipulation of crops for insect resistance

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Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships

Part of the book series: Series Entomologica ((SENT,volume 49))

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The plant kingdom provides a rich and diverse source of secondary compounds. A protective role against various pests, pathogens and competitors for many of these has been established and in recent years the utilisation of such compounds in crop protection, either by conventional plant breeding or by genetic engineering has been, and is being, investigated (Gatehouse et al., 1990).

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    Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, Vaughan A. Hilder, Kevin Powell, Donald Boulter & John A. Gatehouse

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Gatehouse, A.M.R., Hilder, V.A., Powell, K., Boulter, D., Gatehouse, J.A. (1992). Potential of plant-derived genes in the genetic manipulation of crops for insect resistance. In: Menken, S.B.J., Visser, J.H., Harrewijn, P. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Series Entomologica, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1654-1_73

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