Laboratory and field evaluations of transgenic soybean exhibiting high-dose expression of a synthetic Bacillus thuringiensis cry1A gene for control of lepidoptera

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 577-587

  Macrae, Ted C ^a   Baur, Matthew E ^a,b   Boethel, David J ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, Bentley J ^a,b   Gao, Al Guo ^a   Gamundi, Juan Carlos ^a,c   Harrison, Leslie A ^a   Kabuye, Victor T ^a   Mcpherson, Robert M ^a,d   Miklos, John A ^a   Paradise, Mark S ^a   Toedebusch, Andrea S ^a   Viegas, Alejo ^a,e  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e Monsanto Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; High dose; Lepidoptera; Resistance management; Transgenic soybean

Indexed keywords

ANTICARSIA GEMMATALIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; EPINOTIA; GLYCINE MAX; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PSEUDOPLUSIA INCLUDENS; RACHIPLUSIA; RACHIPLUSIA NU; SPILOSOMA VIRGINICA;

EID: 20244383461     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-98.2.577     Document Type: Article

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