Field Performance of Transgenic Cottons Expressing One or Two Bacillus thuringiensis Endotoxins Against Bollworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Jackson, R., E., J. R. Bradley, J., & Duyn, J., W., V. Journal of Cotton Science, 7:57-64, 2003.
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Bollworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), survival on Bollgard cottons is an economic problem and also a concern for dealing with the development of bollworm resistance. Bollgard II cottons that produce two Bt proteins have been developed to provide increased bollworm control. Bollgard and Bollgard II cottons were evaluated along with their conventional sister line for susceptibility against bollworm in North Carolina field studies from 1999-2002. The impact of supplemental pyrethroid oversprays on bollworm control and yields was also evaluated. Comparisons of un- treated genotypes averaged across four years demonstrated that both Bt genotypes reduced in- festation rates by larvae and damage to squares and bolls compared with the conventional culti- var. Bollgard II had fewer squares and bolls in- fested with larvae and less square and boll dam- age compared with Bollgard. Larval infestations and damage levels were also lower in pyrethroid- treated conventional cotton, and both pyrethroid- treated and untreated Bt genotypes, compared with the untreated conventional cultivar. A reduc- tion in larval numbers and square and boll dam- age was achieved with pyrethroid oversprays in both conventional and Bollgard cultivars, but not in Bollgard II. Except for square damage, larval numbers and damage were comparable among pyrethroid-treated conventional and untreated Bollgard cottons. Pyrethroid-treated Bollgard contained numbers of larvae and damage com- parable to that of untreated Bollgard II. Pyre- throid-treated and untreated Bollgard and Bollgard II cottons on average produced similar yields. Only pyrethroid-treated and untreated Bollgard II cottons produced significantly higher yields compared with the pyrethroid-treated con- ventional cultivar.
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 abstract = {Bollworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), survival on Bollgard cottons is an economic problem and also a concern for dealing with the development of bollworm resistance. Bollgard II cottons that produce two Bt proteins have been developed to provide increased bollworm control. Bollgard and Bollgard  II  cottons  were  evaluated  along  with their  conventional  sister  line  for  susceptibility against bollworm in North Carolina field studies from  1999-2002.  The  impact  of  supplemental pyrethroid oversprays on bollworm control and yields  was  also  evaluated.  Comparisons  of  un- treated  genotypes  averaged  across  four  years demonstrated that both Bt genotypes reduced in- festation rates by larvae and damage to squares and bolls compared with the conventional culti- var. Bollgard II had fewer squares and bolls in- fested with larvae and less square and boll dam- age compared with Bollgard. Larval infestations and damage levels were also lower in pyrethroid- treated conventional cotton, and both pyrethroid- treated  and  untreated  Bt  genotypes,  compared with the untreated conventional cultivar. A reduc- tion in larval numbers and square and boll dam- age was achieved with pyrethroid oversprays in both conventional and Bollgard cultivars, but not in Bollgard II. Except for square damage, larval numbers and damage were comparable among pyrethroid-treated  conventional  and  untreated Bollgard  cottons.  Pyrethroid-treated  Bollgard contained numbers of larvae and damage com- parable to that of untreated Bollgard II. Pyre- throid-treated  and  untreated  Bollgard  and Bollgard II cottons on average produced similar yields.  Only  pyrethroid-treated  and  untreated Bollgard II cottons produced significantly higher yields compared with the pyrethroid-treated con- ventional cultivar.},
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 author = {Jackson, R E and J. R. Bradley, Jr. and Duyn, J W Van},
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