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Lijie Li1, Zhiyong Zhang2, Baohong Zhang3
1Henan Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Biological Breeding, Henan Key Laboratory for Molecular Ecology and Germplasm Innovation of Cotton and Wheat, and Xinxiang Key Laboratory of Crop Root Biology and Green Efficient Production, School of Biological Sciences, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China; Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.
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Although transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops have brought various ecological and socioeconomic benefits, there is evidence suggesting that pests will eventually develop resistance to Bt crops. Thus, additional genes are urgently needed to engineer pest resistance in plants. A recent study by Mo et al. indicates that iJAZ maybe the next breakthrough for engineering pest resistance in plants.
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