Bt transgenic crops do not have favorable effects on resistant insects

Sayyed et al. (Ecology Letters (2003) 6: 167–169) hypothesized that insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins produced by transgenic crops could have nutritionally favorable effects that increase the fitness of resistant insects eating such crops. This idea was based on increased pupal weight...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tabashnik, Bruce E., Carrière, Yves
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: University of Arizona Library 2004
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC455678/