Quantitative Analysis of Fitness Costs Associated with the Development of Resistance to the Bt Toxin Cry1Ac in Helicoverpa armigera

Transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops play an increasing role in pest control, and resistance management is a major issue in large-scale cultivation of Bt crops. The fitness cost of resistance in targeted pests is considered to be one of the main factors delaying resistance when using the ref...

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Main Authors: Cao, Guangchun, Feng, Hongqiang, Guo, Fang, Wu, Kongming, Li, Xianchun, Liang, Gemei, Desneux, Nicolas
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4088062/