Indigenous plants and weeds on the Makhathini Flats as refuge hosts to maintain bollworm population susceptibility to transgenic cotton (Bollgard™)

African Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-29

  Green, W M ^a   De Billot, M C ^a   Joffe, T ^b   Van Staden, L ^b   Bennett Nel, A ^b   Du Toit, C L N ^b   Van Der Westhuizen, L ^c  

^a Monsanto SA   (South Africa)

^b Agri Biotech Research Consultancies   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alternative host plants; Bollworms; Refuge; Transgenic cotton

Indexed keywords

ABUTILON; ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; CASTANEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA;

EID: 0038759828     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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