Increased resistance of Bt aspens to Phratora vitellinae (Coleoptera) leads to increased plant growth under experimental conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hjältén, Joakim ^a   Axelsson, E Petter ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^b   LeRoy, Carri J ^c   Julkunen Tiitto, Riitta ^d   Wennström, Anders ^e   Pilate, Gilles ^f  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERBIVORY; INSECT RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHRATORA VITELLINAE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SURVIVAL RATE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; RANDOMIZATION; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PHRATORA VITELLINAE; POPULUS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BEETLES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTICIDES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84856191711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030640     Document Type: Article

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