Bt Resistance Monitoring in European Corn Borers and Western Corn Rootworms

Plant Gene Containment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 43-55

  Siegfried, Blair D ^a   Spencer, Terence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay designing, choice of endpoint, using mortality criteria; Bt resistance monitoring in ECB and WCR; Diagnostic concentration bioassays, in Bt resistance programs for ECB; Expression levels in Bt hybrids targeting ECB, of "high dose"; Goal of maximizing effectiveness of technology through time; Management plans in delaying avoiding risk of resistance; Programs, requiring consistent methodology over time; Resistance management strategies for Bt corn; Response criteria in assessing mortality in ECB, growth inhibition mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886977273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118352670.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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