Spatial Processes in the Evolution of Resistance in Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to Bt Transgenic Corn and Cotton in a Mixed Agroecosystem: A Biology-rich Stochastic Simulation Model

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 156-172

  Storer, Nicholas P ^a,b   Peck, Steven L ^a   Gould, Fred ^a   Van Duyn, John W ^a   Kennedy, George G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Computer simulation; Resistance management; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COTTON; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MAIZE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOTH; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOTOXINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037676095     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.1.156     Document Type: Article

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