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Research Project: STUDY OF RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT AND INJURY POTENTIAL OF LEPIDOPTEROUS PESTS TO TRANSGENIC COTTONS

Location: Southern Insect Management Research Unit

Project Number: 6402-22000-047-37
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Sep 13, 2006
End Date: Aug 14, 2007

Objective:
This cooperative research project is designed to monitor and evaluate heliothine populations for resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis insecticides. The objective is to monitor >3 populations of Heliothis virescens and >3 populations of Helicoverpa zea from North Carolina for resistance B. thuringiensis toxins expressed in transgenic cottons.

Approach:
Objective 1 - Collect heliothine populations and send them to ARS-Stoneville. These populations will be used in laboratory bioassays developed by the SIMRU for B. thuringiensis-resistance detection.

   

 
Project Team
Blanco, Carlos
Astrid Groot - Professor
 
Project Annual Reports
  FY 2007
 
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Last Modified: 10/18/2008
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