MULTANI, DILBAG S.,JOHAL, GURMUKH S.,VENKATA, BALA K. P.
申请号:
CA2886098
公开号:
CA2886098A1
申请日:
2013.09.20
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
Methods and compositions for increasing a plants resistance to an insect pest such as the corn rootworm are provided. Methods are provided for overexpression of Crw1, or variants thereof, in a host plant or plant cell to increase resistance to an insect pest in a plant such as maize. Moreover, methods are provided for identifying variants of Crw1 that when incorporated into a plant via transgenic or traditional breeding means increase resistance to an insect pest in a plant such as maize.