F2 screening for resistance to pyramided Bacillus thuringiensis maize in Louisiana and Mississippi populations of Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1269-1276

  Huang, Fangneng ^a   Ghimire, Mukti N ^a   Leonard, Billy R ^b   Wang, Jing ^a   Daves, Chris ^c,d   Levy, Ronnie ^e   Cook, Don ^f   Head, Graham P ^d   Yang, Yunlong ^a   Temple, Josh ^a   Ferguson, Rob ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^e Louisiana State University at Alexandria   (United States)

^f MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Diatraea saccharalis; F2 screen; Field maize; Resistance allele frequency

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MAIZE; MOTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CRAMBIDAE; DIATRAEA SACCHARALIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MAIZE; MALE; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LOUISIANA; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; MOTHS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80052484064     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2182     Document Type: Article

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