| pear transformed with a lytic peptide gene for disease control affects nontarget organism, pear psylla (homoptera: psyllidae). | the biology and behavior of pear psylla, cacopsylla pyricola foerster, on a transgenic clone of 'bartlett' pear, pyrus communis l., containing a synthetic antimicrobial gene, d5c1, was compared with that of a nontransgenic parental clone to determine whether there were any nontarget effects. the gene construct also contained the marker gene nptii (aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferase ii) that encodes for antibiotic resistance to identify transformed plants. the purpose of the original transforma ... | 2002 | 12216823 |