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Insect Resistance to the Biological Insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis
Abstract
Resistance to the spore-crystal protein complex of Bacillus thuringiensis , the most widely used and intensively studied microbial insecticide, has been presumed to be unlikely to occur. In this study it was found that Plodia interpunctella , a major lepidopteran pest of stored grain products, can develop resistance to the insecticide within a few generations. Resistance increased nearly 30-fold in two generations in a strain reared on diet treated with Bacillus thuringiensis and after 15 generations reached a plateau 100 times higher than the control level. Resistance was stable when selection was discontinued. The resistance was inherited as a recessive trait. Plodia interpunctella strains collected from treated grain bins were more resistant than strains from untreated bins, indicating that the resistance can develop quickly in the field.
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- Authors
- McGaughey, W. H.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1985-07-12
- Volume
- 229
- Issue
- 4709
- Pages
- 193-195
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2005473394
- Cited by
- 407
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 2.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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