Insect resistance to Bt crops: Evidence versus theory

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-202

  Tabashnik, Bruce E ^a   Gassmann, Aaron J ^a,b   Crowder, David W ^a   Carrière, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DATA STRUCTURES; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; INSECT CONTROL; TOXIC MATERIALS;

GLOBAL MONITORING; HOST PLANTS; TRANSGENIC CROPS;

PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CRY1AC TOXIN;

ALLELE; AUSTRALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHINA; CROP; INSECT RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GOSSYPIUM; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 38949166075     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1382     Document Type: Review

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