Incipient resistance of Helicoverpa punctigerato the Cry2AB Bt toxin in bollgard II® cotton

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Downes, Sharon ^a   Parker, Tracey ^a   Mahon, Rod ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CRY2AB TOXIN; INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COTTON; CROPPING SYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; HELICOVERPA PUNCTIGERA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WORM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA PUNCTIGERA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; MOTHS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 77958519768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012567     Document Type: Article

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