Current resistance management strategies for Bt corn in the United States

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2004-01-01
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Matten, Sharlene
Hellmich, Richard
Reynolds, Alan
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Hellmich, Richard
Emeritus USDA-ARS Research Entomologist Emeritus Affiliate Professor
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Agriculture has been plagued by pests since the dawn of time. Pesticides control pests-insects, fungi, and weeds-until the pests begin to resist the pesticides. As resistance develops, more pesticide is needed to control the pest until that particular pesticide fails. Integrated pest management (IPM) was designed to prevent insects from developing resistance to insecticides, and resistance management remains a cornerstone of many IPM programs today. A critical component of IPM is the monitoring of increases in a pest's tolerance to a particular pesticide. Such monitoring, however, is rarely conducted in a proactive manner.

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This chapter was published as Matten, S. M., Hellmich, R. L. & Reynolds, A. Current resistance management strategies for Bt corn in the United States. In Transgenic Crop Production: Concepts and Strategies, edited by Opender Koul & G. S. Dhaliwal, Science Publishers, Inc., Plymouth, UK, pp. 261–288. 2004.

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