bacillus thuringiensis

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Testing for Critical Exposure Period for Developing Tolerance to Bt

Holman, Sharna (University Of Sydney, 2014-06-30)

Helicoverpa punctigera, along with Helicoverpa armigera, are major pests in Australian cotton.

Extn 03UA001/2 Inducible tolerance to Bt-toxin: significance, mechanism & new management

Rahman, Mahbub (University Of Adelaide, 2013-06-30)

Field surveys of insect populations in agroecosystems reveal low but significant levels of tolerance to Bacillus thuringiensis(Bt) toxins without mutational changes in resistance alleles.

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.

Implications of Bt resistance in H. armigera

Mahon, Rod (CSIRO, 2010-06-30)

This project resolved two long-standing anomalies regarding Cry2Ab resistance in H. armigera.

Travel: Sharon Downes - "Monitoring and Managing Bt-resistance: The challenge for the next decade" Forum, China

Downes, Sharon (CSIRO Entomology, 2007-06-30)

I was invited to speak in a symposium on monitoring for resistance to Bt at the 2006 combined Meetings of the Society of Invertebrate Pathology and VIII International Conference on Bacillus thuringiensis (ICBt).