Feeding behaviour and reproductive biology of Colorado potato beetle adults fed transgenic potatoes expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3B endotoxin

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-37

  Arpaia, Salvatore ^a   De Marzo, Luigi ^b   Di Leo, Grazia M ^a,b   Santoro, Maria E ^a   Mennella, Giuseppe ^c   Van Loon, Joop J A ^d  

^a Metapontum Agrobios   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c Centro di Ricerca per l'Orticoltura   (Italy)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Colorado potato beetle; Cry3 toxin; Feeding behaviour; Fitness; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLONE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EGG PRODUCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE INFERTILITY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; POTATO; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNITED STATES; VITELLOGENIN;

BEETLE; FECUNDITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COLEOPTERA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA;

EID: 0034060173     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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