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DNA-based detection of Bt resistance alleles in pink bollworm.
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 Nov 2004
Morin Shai, Henderson Scottie, Fabrick Jeffrey A, Carrière Yves, Dennehy Timothy J, Brown Judith K, Tabashnik Bruce E
Abstract excerpt
Evolution of resistance by pests is the main threat to long-term insect control by transgenic crops that produce Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins. We previously identified three mutant alleles (r1, r2, r3) of a cadherin gene in pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) linked with recessive resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac and survival on transgenic Bt cotton. Here we describe a polymerase chain reaction...
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