Pest resistance to Cry1Ab Bt maize: Field resistance, contributing factors and lessons from South Africa

Crop Protection

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-160

  Van den Berg, Johnnie ^a   Hilbeck, Angelika ^b   Bøhn, Thomas ^c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Center for Biosafety   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bt crops; Cry proteins; Cry1Ab; Insect resistance management; Transgenic maize

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HYBRID; MAIZE; MOTH; PEST RESISTANCE; PROTEIN; REFUGIUM; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84883757816     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2013.08.010     Document Type: Review

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