Effect of an entomopathogen on adaptation of Heliothis virescens populations to transgenic host plants

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-135

  Johnson, M Tracy ^a   Gould, Fred ^a   Kennedy, George G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis toxin; Host plant resistance; Nomuraea rileyi; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NOCTUIDAE; NOMURAEA RILEYI; SOLANACEAE;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI; HOST PLANT RESISTANCE; TRANSGENIC CROP;

EID: 0030616756     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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