Suppression of Cotton Bollworm in Multiple Crops in China in Areas with Bt Toxin–Containing Cotton

Wu, Kongming; Lu, Yanhui; Feng, Hongqiang; Jiang, Yuying; Zhao, Yun

doi:10.1126/science.1160550

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Suppression of Cotton Bollworm in Multiple Crops in China in Areas with Bt Toxin–Containing Cotton

Published in Science • Sep 18, 2008

Authors:

Kongming Wu

Yanhui Lu

Hongqiang Feng

Abstract

Transgenic cotton that has been engineered to produce insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and so to resist the pest cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) has been widely planted in Asia. Analysis of the population dynamics of H. armigera from 1992 to 2007 in China indicated that a ...

Subject

Helicoverpa armigera

Bt cotton

Bacillus thuringiensis

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