Fees or refuges: Which is better for the sustainable management of insect resistance to transgenic Bt corn?

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-202

  Vacher, Corinne ^a,b   Bourguet, Denis ^c   Desquilbet, Marion ^d   Lemarié, Stéphane ^d   Ambec, Stéfan ^d   Hochberg, Michael E ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^d INRA University Pierre Mendes France   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Common property resource; Economic model; European corn borer; Refuge policy; Resistance management

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CROP; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAIZE; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTEIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; EUROPEAN CORN BORER; GENETIC MODEL; INSECT RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745293439     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0418     Document Type: Article

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