The diversity of Bt resistance genes in species of Lepidoptera

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 192-197

  Heckel, David G ^a   Gahan, Linda J ^c   Baxter, Simon W ^a   Zhao, Jian Zhou ^b   Shelton, Anthony M ^b   Gould, Fred ^e   Tabashnik, Bruce E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry1A toxin; Genetics; Helicoverpa armigera; Heliothis virescens; Pectinophora gossypiella; Plutella xylostella; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INTESTINE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; RECESSIVE GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ENDOTOXINS; GENES, INSECT; GENES, RECESSIVE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; INTESTINES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MUTATION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELIOTHIS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; LEPIDOPTERA; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PLUTELLA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 34250617482     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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