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

Cao, Guangchun; Feng, Hongqiang; Guo, Fang; Wu, Kongming; Li, Xianchun; Liang, Gemei; Desneux, Nicolas

doi:10.1038/srep05629

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

Published in Scientific Reports • Jul 9, 2014

Authors:

Guangchun Cao

Hongqiang Feng

Fang Guo

Abstract

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...

Subject

Cry1Ac

Helicoverpa armigera

Bacillus thuringiensis

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