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An empirical test of the F2 screen for detection of Bacillus thuringiensis-resistance alleles in tobacco budworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
Journal of economic entomology - 1 Aug 2008
Blanco Carlos A, Perera O P, Gould Fred, Sumerford Douglas V, Hernández Gerardo, Abel Craig A, Andow David A
Abstract excerpt
Insects exposed to genetically modified crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins are under intense selection pressure that could result on widespread Bt resistance. Screening for early indications of Bt resistance developing in targeted Lepidoptera is conducted in many of the regions where genetically modified cotton and corn have been commercialized. Heliothis virescens (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)...
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