Shoot and fruit borer resistant transgenic eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) expressing cry1Aa3 gene: Development and bioassay

Eggplant shoot and fruit borer (ESFB), Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee, is a major insect pest of eggplant, Solanum melongena L. In this study, cry1Aa3 gene was introduced into eggplant cv. Kashi Taru through Agrobacterium-tumefaciens mediated transformation. Hypocotyl explants from 7 day-old seedlings were pre-cultured for two days and inoculated with Agrobacterium strain EHA105 harboring a synthetic cry1Aa3 gene with full codon-modification in a...