Field resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis protein Cry1Ac expressed in Bollgard® hybrid cotton in pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), populations in India

Pest Management Science

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 738-746

  Mohan, Komarlingam S ^a   Ravi, Kadanur C ^a   Suresh, Pennadam J ^b   Sumerford, Douglas ^c   Head, Graham P ^c  

^a Monsanto Research Centre   (India)

^b Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India) Ltd   (India)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bollgard; Cry1Ac; Cry2Ab2; Insect resistance; Pectinophora gossypiella; Transgenic cotton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COTTON; CROP PEST; FIELD METHOD; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYBRID; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTEIN; REFUGE; VULNERABILITY;

GUJARAT; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; MAHARASHTRA;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA;

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

ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; INDIA; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENDOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INDIA; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84959197242     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.4047     Document Type: Article

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