Evaluation of Chilo partellus and Busseola fusca susceptibility to δ-endotoxins in Bt maize

Crop Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-120

  Tende, Regina M ^a   Mugo, Stephen N ^b   Nderitu, John H ^c   Olubayo, Florence M ^c   Songa, Josephine M ^d   Bergvinson, David J ^e  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d A propos de lAlliance pour une revolution verte en Afrique   (Kenya)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt susceptibility; Bt maize endotoxins; Busseola fusca; Chilo partellus; Stalk borers

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BACTERIUM; BIOSAFETY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MAIZE; MOTH; PROTEIN; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EAST AFRICA;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUSSEOLA FUSCA; CHILO PARTELLUS; CRAMBIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PAPAIPEMA NEBRIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 73549109398     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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