Bt Resistance

Characterization and Strategies for GM Crops Producing Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins

AvMario Soberón,Yulin Gao

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Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

This book describes the use of Bt crops and the emerging problem of resistance. Covering recent progress in understanding the mechanism of action of Bt toxins, different resistance mechanisms and strategies to cope with resistance in the field, it reviews successes and failures from around the world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-04-24
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781789243840
Förlag:CABI Publishing
Serie:CABI Biotechnology Series

Utforska kategorier

Växtböcker inom Djur och Natur
Botanik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Agronomi och lantbruk inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

Part1: The extent use of Bt crops and the emerging problem of resistance. Chapter 1: Successes and failures of transgenic Bt crops: Global patterns of field-evolved resistance Chapter 2: Status of resistance to Bt cotton in China: Cotton Bollworm and Pink bollworm Chapter 3: Insect Resistance to Bt toxins in Brazil and Latin America Chapter 4: Resistance of Busseola fusca to Cry1Ab Bt-maize plants in South Africa Chapter 5: Bt resistance of cabbage loopers, Trichoplusia ni in a greenhouse setting: occurrence, costs, spread, and management. Part 2: Mechanism of action of Bt toxins and different resistance mechanisms. Chapter 6: Different models of the mode of action of 3d-Cry toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis Chapter 7: Roles of insect midgut cadherin in Bt intoxication and resistance. Chapter 8: Mechanism of Cry1Ac resistance in cabbage looper -- A resistance mechanism selected in insect populations in agricultural environment. Chapter 9: Roles of ABC proteins in the mechanism and management of Bt resistance Chapter 10: The role of proteolysis in the biological activity of Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal proteins Chapter 11: The lessons that Caenorhabditis elegans have taught us about mechanism of action of Crystal proteins Part 3: Ways to counter resistance Chapter 12: The development and the prospect of discovery of Bacillus thuringiensis toxin genes Chapter 13: Cry toxin binding site models and their use in strategies to delay resistance evolution Chapter 14: Countering pest resistance with genetically modified Bt toxins Chapter 15: RNAi strategy for crop protection against insects and other pests. Part 4: Insect resistance management and integrated pest management Chapter 16: Resistance management for Bt corn and above-ground lepidopteran targets in the United States: from single gene to pyrminded traits Chapter 17: IRM and IPM for Bt Crops: Increasing Prospects for an Areawide View