Bt transgenic crops do not have favorable effects on resistant insects

hypothesized that insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins produced by transgenic crops could have nutritionally favorable effects that increase the fitness of resistant insects eating such crops. This idea was based on increased pupal weight of resistant larvae of diamondback moth, Plutella...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bruce E. Tabashnik, Yves Carrière
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2004-02-01
Series:Journal of Insect Science
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Online Access:http://www.insectscience.org/4.4/