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Our Objectives

The aim of this project is to develop weevil-resistant sweetpotato varieties through breeding and biotechnology. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a soil bacterium that is well-known for its insecticidal activity. Synthetic genes that produce the proteins active against the two weevil species attacking the sweetpotato can be developed and introduced into the plant to confer pest resistance.