No fitness costs associated with resistance of busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to genetically modified Bt maize

Crop Protection

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Kruger, M ^a   Van Rensburg, J B J ^b   Van den Berg, J ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ARC GRAIN CROPS INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Insect resistance management; Resistance evolution; Transgenic maize

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAIZE; MOTH; PROTEIN; PUPA; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; STEM BORER; SURVIVAL; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84885979738     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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