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Frequency of alleles conferring resistance to Bt maize in French and US corn belt populations of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 May 2003
Bourguet D, Chaufaux J, Séguin M, Buisson C, Hinton J L, Stodola T J, Porter P, Cronholm G, Buschman L L, Andow D A
Abstract excerpt
Farmers, industry, governments and environmental groups agree that it would be useful to manage transgenic crops producing insecticidal proteins to delay the evolution of resistance in target pests. The main strategy proposed for delaying resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt) toxins in transgenic crops is the high-dose/refuge strategy. This strategy is based on the unverified assumption that resistance...
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