Techniques for monitoring insect resistance to Bt crops.
Author of the article:LI Guo-Ping1,2,WU Kong-Ming1,HE Yun-Zhuan2,GUO Yu-Yuan1
Author's Workplace:(1.Institute of Plant Protection,Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences,Beijing100094,China; 2.College of Plant Protection,Agriculture University of Hebei,Baoding071001,China).
Key Words:insect pest; transgenic Bt crops; resistance monitoring techniques
Abstract:Insect resistant transgenic crops,such as Bt cotton,Bt corn and others,have become important tools in the global control of insect pests.The potential risk of Bt resistance in targeted insect pests is,however,threatening the sustainable deployment of Bt c