Fitness cost of resistance to Bt cotton linked with increased gossypol content in pink bollworm larvae.

Fitness costs of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops occur in the absence of Bt toxins, when individuals with resistance alleles are less fit than individuals without resistance alleles. As costs of Bt resistance are common, refuges of non-Bt host plants can delay resistance not only by...

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Main Authors: Jennifer L Williams, Christa Ellers-Kirk, Robert G Orth, Aaron J Gassmann, Graham Head, Bruce E Tabashnik, Yves Carrière
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3128109?pdf=render