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Association between resistance to Bt cotton and cadherin genotype in pink bollworm.
Journal of economic entomology - 1 Jun 2005
Tabashnik Bruce E, Biggs Robert W, Higginson Dawn M, Henderson Scottie, Unnithan Devika C, Unnithan Gopalan C, Ellers-Kirk Christa, Sisterson Mark S, Dennehy Timothy J, Carrière Yves, Morin Shai
Abstract excerpt
Two strains of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), each derived in 1997 from a different field population, were selected for resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin Cry1Ac in the laboratory. One strain (MOV97-R) originated from Mohave Valley in western Arizona; the other strain (SAF97-R) was from Safford in eastern Arizona. Relative to a susceptible laboratory strain, Cry1Ac resistance...
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