Dominant resistance to Bt cotton and minor cross-resistance to Bt toxin Cry2Ab in cotton bollworm from China

Evolution of resistance by insect pests threatens the long-term benefits of transgenic crops that produce insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Previous work has detected increases in the frequency of resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac in populations of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armi...

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Main Authors: Jin, Lin, Wei, Yiyun, Zhang, Lei, Yang, Yihua, Tabashnik, Bruce E, Wu, Yidong
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3901552/