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Public concerns over the environmental and health effects of chemical pesticides have intensified the effort to search for alternatives. One of the attractive options is the use of biopesticides from microorganisms. The role of biopesticides in crop protection is not new. In fact the first such product, based on the insecticidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis, has been in commercial applications for more than 20 years. With the advent of recombinant DNA technology, scientists have produced transgenic crop plants engineered with insecticidal activity.
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Chapter 13. Transgenic Crops Engineered with Insecticidal Activity
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(2006). Transgenic Crops Engineered with Insecticidal Activity. In: The ABCs of Gene Cloning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28679-9_13
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