Cross-resistance and interactions between Bt toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab against the cotton bollworm

To delay evolution of pest resistance to transgenic crops producing insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), the "pyramid" strategy uses plants that produce two or more toxins that kill the same pest. We conducted laboratory diet experiments with the cotton bollworm, Helicov...

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Main Authors: Wei, Jizhen, Guo, Yuyuan, Liang, Gemei, Wu, Kongming, Zhang, Jie, Tabashnik, Bruce E., Li, Xianchun
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4293620/