Enhanced Tolerance against a Fungal Pathogen and Insect Resistance in Transgenic Tobacco Plants Overexpressing an Endochitinase Gene from .

In this study we cloned a chitinase gene (), from isolated from the corpse of a lepidopteran, which is an important sugarcane pest. The chitinase gene amplified from the genome was cloned into the transformation vector p2X35SChiC and used to transform tobacco ( L. cv Petit Havana SR1).