h. armigera

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Monitoring to Manage Resistance to Bt Toxins

Downes, Sharon, Walsh, Tom (2016-06-30)

The industry is entering a critical period in managing resistance to Bt-cotton.

Managing Bt Resistance and Induced Tolerance With Effective Refuge Crops in Preparation for Bollgard III

Whitehouse, Mary (CSIRO Plant Industry, 2015-06-30)

The overall aim of this project is to improve the ability of refuges to counter both the threat of resistance developing via genetic mutation, and the potential threat of crop failure via inducible tolerance.

Summer Scholarship 2014/15

Holman, Sharna (University Of Sydney, 2015-06-30)

CRDC 2015/16 Summer Scholarships (S/S ) Purpose- Strategic Plan Targets 1.Farmers 2. Industry 3.Customers 4. People 5.Performance Summer Scholarship Programme - 8 weeks

Postgraduate: The Ecology of Helicoverpa punctigera: Adaptions for a Changeable Climate

Le Motte, Kristian (University Of New England, 2015-06-30)

The cotton industry relies on GM cotton expressing insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). This provides resistance to key pests of cotton, the bollworm Helicoverpa armigera and the native budworm H.

The Use of Biological Control Agents in Resistance Management of Helicoverpa

Keller, Michael (University Of Adelaide, 2013)

In the Australian cotton industry, toxins produced by the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt toxins) are utilized to control lepidopteran pests: Helicoverpa armigera (cotton bollworm) and H. punctigera.