Can Pyramids and Seed Mixtures Delay Resistance to Bt Crops?

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 291-302

  Carrière, Yves ^a   Fabrick, Jeffrey A ^b   Tabashnik, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b US ARID LAND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross resistance; Genetically engineered; Redundant killing; Resistance management; Sustainability; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CROPS; METABOLITES; MIXTURES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CROSS RESISTANCE; GENETICALLY ENGINEERED; REDUNDANT KILLING; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; TRANSGENICS;

SEED;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CROSS RESISTANCE; GENE MUTATION; GREENHOUSE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; IC50; LC50; NONHUMAN; PEST MANAGEMENT; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC CROP; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GOSSYPIUM; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84962106125     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.12.011     Document Type: Review

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