Increased long-flight activity triggered in beet armyworm by larval feeding on diet containing Cry1Ac protoxin.

Evaluating ecological safety and conducting pest risk analysis for transgenic crops are vitally important before their commercial planting. The beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, a long-distance migratory insect pest, is not a direct target of transgenic Cry1Ac-expressing cotton in China, but neverth...

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Main Authors: Xing Fu Jiang, Jian Chen, Lei Zhang, Thomas W Sappington, Li Zhi Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3652841?pdf=render