Management of insect pests with Bt crops in the United States

AJ Gassmann, DD Reisig - Annual review of entomology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Genetically engineered corn and cotton that produce insecticidal toxins derived from the
bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have been used to manage insect pests in the United …

Global patterns of insect resistance to transgenic Bt crops: the first 25 years

BE Tabashnik, JA Fabrick… - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Crops genetically engineered to produce insecticidal proteins from the bacterium Bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt) have improved pest management and reduced reliance on insecticide …

RNAi for western corn rootworm management: Lessons learned, challenges, and future directions

M Darlington, JD Reinders, A Sethi, AL Lu… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The western corn rootworm (WCR), Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte,
is an annual pest of maize in the United States Corn Belt. Larval feeding on the root system …

Monitoring insect resistance to Bt maize in the European Union: Update, challenges, and future prospects

M García, C García-Benítez, F Ortego… - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Transgenic maize producing the Cry1Ab toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt maize) was
approved for cultivation in the European Union (EU) in 1998 to control the corn borers …

Mechanisms and molecular genetics of insect resistance to insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis

JA Fabrick, Y Wu - Advances in Insect Physiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Insecticidal proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are used globally as
bioinsecticides and in genetically engineered Bt crops to manage key insect pests …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer incidence and death rates in Argentine rural towns surrounded by pesticide-treated agricultural land

D Verzeñassi, A Vallini, F Fernández, L Ferrazini… - … and Global Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Background A number of published reports have linked agricultural pesticides (AP) to
different illnesses, one of which is cancer. Our objectives were to estimate cancer incidence …

Inheritance and fitness costs of laboratory-selected resistance to Gpp34/Tpp35Ab1 corn in western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

EM Smith, RB Shrestha… - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae),
is a serious pest of corn and is currently managed with corn hybrids that produce insecticidal …

Structural journey of an insecticidal protein against western corn rootworm

G Marini, B Poland, C Leininger, N Lukoyanova… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The broad adoption of transgenic crops has revolutionized agriculture. However, resistance
to insecticidal proteins by agricultural pests poses a continuous challenge to maintaining …

Evidence of western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) field‐evolved resistance to Cry3Bb1 + Cry34/35Ab1 maize in Nebraska

JD Reinders, EE Reinders, EA Robinson… - Pest Management …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Western corn rootworm (WCR; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) field‐evolved
resistance to transgenic maize expressing the Cry3Bb1 protein derived from Bacillus …

A draft Diabrotica virgifera virgifera genome: insights into control and host plant adaption by a major maize pest insect

BS Coates, KKO Walden, D Lata, NN Vellichirammal… - BMC genomics, 2023 - Springer
Background Adaptations by arthropod pests to host plant defenses of crops determine their
impacts on agricultural production. The larval host range of western corn rootworm …