Agriculture

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.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2011
Christa Ellers-Kirk, Jennifer L. Williams, Robert G. Orth & et al
PLoS ONE
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Tags:
Bt Cotton, Agriculture, Pest Control