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Frequency of Bt resistance alleles in Helicoverpa armigera in the Xinjiang cotton-planting region of China.
Environmental entomology - 1 Oct 2010
Li Guoping, Feng Hongqiang, Gao Yulin, Wyckhuys Kris A G, Wu Kongming
Abstract excerpt
Helicoverpa armigera Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a key insect pest of cotton in Xinjiang cotton-planting region of northwest China. In this region, cotton is grown on average ≈ 1.65 million ha (1.53 ≈ 1.80 million ha) annually in largely monoculture agricultural landscapes, similarly to cropping systems in the United States or Australia. Under such cropping regimes, naturally occurring refuges (with non-Bt...
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