Transgenic Bt Cotton Does Not Disrupt the Top-Down Forces Regulating the Cotton Aphid in Central China

Top-down force is referred to arthropod pest management delivered by the organisms from higher trophic levels. In the context of prevalent adoption of transgenic Bt crops that produce insecticidal Cry proteins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), it still remains elusive whether the top-down fo...

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Main Authors: Yao, Yong-Sheng, Han, Peng, Niu, Chang-Ying, Dong, Yong-Cheng, Gao, Xi-Wu, Cui, Jin-Jie, Desneux, Nicolas
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5117714/