The role of gut microbes on the efficacy of Bt maize against lepidopteran stem borers / Megan van Staden
The evolution of pest resistance to Cry proteins threatens the long-term use of Bt crops. Busseola fusca developed resistance to Bt maize in South Africa but the mechanism of resistance is not well understood. According to the gut microbiota theory, extensive cell lysis caused by Cry proteins provid...
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15722 |