Compositional analysis of transgenic Bt-chickpea resistant to <i>Helicoverpa armigera</i>.

ABSTRACT: Transgenic chickpeas expressing high levels of a truncated version of the cry1Ac (trcry1Ac) gene conferred complete protection to Helicoverpa armigera in the greenhouse. Homozygous progeny of two lines, Cry1Ac.1 and Cry1Ac.2, had similar growth pattern and other morphological characteristics, including seed yield, compared to the non-transgenic counterpart; therefore, seed compositional analysis was carried out. These selected homozygous chickpea lines were selfed for ten generations along with the non-transgenic parent under contained conditions. A comparative seed composition assessment, seed storage proteins profiling, and in vitro protein digestibility were performed to confirm that these lines do not have significant alterations in seed composition compared

SUBMITTER: Gupta R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7523883 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature