Synergistic interactions between Cry1Ac and natural cotton defenses limit survival of Cry1Ac-resistant Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Bt cotton

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 785-795

  Anilkumar, Konasale J ^a   Sivasupramaniam, Sakuntala ^b   Head, Graham ^b   Orth, Robert ^b   Van Santen, Edzard ^a   Moar, William J ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt crops; Cry1Ac resistance; Fitness costs; Gossypol; Helicoverpa zea; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COTTON; FITNESS; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOTH; SURVIVAL; SYNERGISM; TOLERANCE; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; GOSSYPOL; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; COTTON; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; FLOWERS; GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPOL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PESTICIDE SYNERGISTS;

EID: 70349566503     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9665-x     Document Type: Article

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