The insecticidal genes from Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner (Bt) have long been successfully used for development of insect-resistant rice. However, commercial planting of Bt rice has been delayed by the concern over food safety, although no scientific evidence is ever found to justify the concern. To address this safety concern, we developed a transgenic insect-resistant rice line using a green tissue promoter to minimize the Bt protein expression in the rice seeds. The Bt protein expressed in the rice was a fusion protein of two different Bt toxins, Cry1Ac and Cry1I-like protein. The fusion of the two toxins may be helpful to delay the development of insect resistance to Bt rice. Laboratory and field bioassays demonstrated that the transgenic rice plants created by this study were highly active against the rice leaf folder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée) and the striped stem borer Chilo suppressalis (Walker). Western analysis indicated that the fusion protein was specifically expressed in green tissues but not in seeds. Therefore, the transgenic rice created in this study should be useful to mitigate the food safety concern and to delay the development of insect resistance.
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1 August 2014
Creation of Bt Rice Expressing a Fusion Protein of Cry1Ac and Cry1I-Like using a Green Tissue-Specific Promoter
Yong-Yi Yang,
Feng Mei,
Wei Zhang,
Zhicheng Shen,
Jun Fang
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 107 • No. 4
August 2014
Vol. 107 • No. 4
August 2014
Bt
Cry1Ac
Cry1I
green tissue-specific promoter
transgenic rice