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Research Project: MONITORING FOR POTENTIAL RECESSIVE RESISTANCE IN BOLLWORM/TOBACCO BUDWORM TO PROTEIN TOXINS IN BT COTTON

Location: Southern Insect Management Research Unit

Project Number: 6402-22000-047-35
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Sep 16, 2005
End Date: Jul 14, 2010

Objective:
The objective of this coooperative research project is to obtain Heliothis Virescens and Helicoverpa Zea samples to test their susceptibility to Bacillus Thuringiensis toxins.

Approach:
Progenies of field-collected insects will be tested in laboratory bioassays with series dilutions and/or diagnostic concentrations of CRY1AC, CRY1F and CRY2AB(2)B. Thuringiensis toxins.

   

 
Project Team
Blanco, Carlos
 
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  Crop Protection & Quarantine (304)
 
 
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