Multi-Toxin Resistance Enables Pink Bollworm Survival on Pyramided Bt Cotton

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Fabrick, Jeffrey A ^a   Unnithan, Gopalan C ^b   Yelich, Alex J ^b   DeGain, Ben ^b   Masson, Luke ^c   Zhang, Jie ^d   Carrière, Yves ^b   Tabashnik, Bruce E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CROP; CROSS BREEDING; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENDOTOXINS; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MOTHS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84947077287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16554     Document Type: Article

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