Cadherin-based resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis cotton in hybrid strains of pink bollworm: Fitness costs and incomplete resistance

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1925-1935

  Carrière, Yves ^a   Ellers Kirk, Christa ^a   Biggs, Robert W ^a   Nyboer, Megan E ^a   Unnithan, Gopalan C ^a   Dennehy, Timothy J ^a   Tabashnik, Bruce E ^a  

^a 410 Forbes Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Fitness costs; Genetically modified crops; Pectinophora gossypiella; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA;

EID: 34248651571     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/99.6.1925     Document Type: Article

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