Modeling the effects of plant-to-plant gene flow, larval behavior, and refuge size on pest resistance to bt cotton

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 484-495

  Heuberger, Shannon ^a   Crowder, David W ^b   Brévault, Thierry ^a,c   Tabashnik, Bruce E ^a   Carrière, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; feeding behavior; refuge strategy; simulation modeling; transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; COTTON; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE FLOW; LARVA; PEST RESISTANCE; REFUGE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 79953876036     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10247     Document Type: Article

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