Transgenic cotton plants (Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner (Bt)) has significant influenced the integrated pest management around world. In Colombia, Anthonomus grandis Boheman and Spodoptera complex are currently considered main pests in crops. Therefore, this study evaluated effect of Bt (Cry1Ac Cry2Ab) non-Bt on population fluctuation during two years Tolima region. A Pearson correlation matr...

Cotton fibre is the most important natural fibres for textile industry. To date, the mechanism that governs the development of fibre traits is largely unknown. In this study, we have characterized the function of a member of the actin depolymerizing factor (ADF) family in Gossypium hirsutum by down-regulation of the gene (designated as GhADF1) expression in the transgenic cotton plants. We obse...

In some previously reported cases, transgenic crops producing insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have suppressed insect pests not only in fields planted with such crops, but also regionally on host plants that do not produce Bt toxins. Here we used 16 years of field data to determine if Bt cotton caused this "halo effect" against pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) in s...

UDP-glucuronate decarboxylase (UDP-xylose synthase; UXS, EC 4.1.1.35) is an essential enzyme of the non-cellulosic polysaccharide biosynthetic pathway. In the present study, using transient expression of fluorescently labeled Gossypium hirsutum UXS (GhUXS3) protein in onion epidermal cells, we observed that this protein was distributed in the cytoplasm. The GhUXS3 cDNA of cotton was expressed i...

The global cultivation area of genetically modified plants (GMPs) includ ing soybean, maize, cotton, canola (oilseed rape) and sugar beet has been increasing consistently since they were first cultivated commercially in 1996, reaching 160 million hectares (ha) in 2011 [1]. By 2011, the global area of planted insectresistant crops was 66 million ha. The rapid adoption of insect-resistant crops i...

pod borer is one of the main causes for yield loss of chickpea. therefore, breeding of chickpea for resistance to this pest is important. the use of cry toxin from bacillus thuringiensis is an effective strategy for producing of transgenic resistant chickpea to this pest. these toxins are able to become active in the midgut of larvae and disrupt the insect's digestive system. we studied the sta...

salinity is a major limiting factor for plant growth and development. to evaluate the impact of p5cs gene expression under in vitro salt stress condition, transgenic tobacco (nicotiana plumbaginifolia) carrying p5cs gene and non-transgenic plants were treated with 0, 100, 150, 200 or 250 mm nacl for 28 days. proline content, lipid peroxidation and the activity of some antioxidant enzymes after ...

The bZIP transcription factor (TF) act as an important regulator for the abscisic acid (ABA) mediated abiotic stresses signaling pathways in plants. Here, we reported the cloning and characterization of GhABF2, encoding for typical cotton bZIP TF. Overexpression of GhABF2 significantly improved drought and salt stress tolerance both in Arabidopsis and cotton. However, silencing of GhABF2 made t...

the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of educational – extension factors on the use of transgenic plants. this study was conducted through a survey design. the research was an applied study type. the research method of this study is descriptive-correlation.  statistical population of the study consisted of all of biotechnology experts of research center of agriculture of ilam prov...

The sensitivity to abscisic acid (ABA) by its receptors, pyrabactin resistance-like proteins (PYLs), is considered a most important factor in activating the ABA signal pathway in response to abiotic stress. However, it is still unknown which PYL is the crucial ABA receptor mediating response to drought stress in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Here, we reported the identification and characteri...