%O The authors thank the staff of entomology, ICRISAT
for their support in carrying out the experiments.
%K Cry IIa, Detached leaf assay, Helicoverpa armigera, Transgenic chickpea
%A O Shaila
%A H C Sharma
%A T Ramesh Babu
%A S P Sharma
%V 31
%L icrisat10752
%J Journal of Biological Control
%N 1
%P 56-59
%R 10.18311/jbc/2017/15551
%D 2017
%X Studies were conducted to evaluate transgenic chickpea lines encoding Cry IIa for resistance to Helicoverpa armigera.
Significantly lower leaf damage was noticed in transgenic chickpea lines when compared to non-transgenic lines. Significant reduction
in larval survival and weight gain were observed when H. armigera were fed on transgenic lines under laboratory conditions. Across the
seasons (2011-12 and 2012-13), the transgenic chickpea lines BS5A.2(T2) 19-1P2 and BS5A.2(T2) 19-2P1 showed enhanced levels of
resistance to H. armigera.
%T Evaluation of Cry IIa transgenic chickpea lines for resistance to Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) using detached leaf assay