Cross-resistance to toxins used in pyramided Bt crops and resistance to Bt sprays in Helicoverpa zea

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-156

  Welch, Kara L ^a   Unnithan, Gopalan C ^a   Degain, Ben A ^a   Wei, Jizhen ^b   Zhang, Jie ^b   Li, Xianchun ^a   Tabashnik, Bruce E ^a   Carrière, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Bt crops; Bt sprays; Bt toxin structure; Cross resistance; Resistance management

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CROP; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LARVA; MOTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LARVA; MOTHS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 84944198702     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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