Tuesday, December 11, 2001: 8:30 AM-12:30 PM

Town and Country Room(Convention Center, Level 1)

Program Symposium: Insecticidal Transgenic Crops I: Efficacy and Environmental Effects

Session Chair(s): Brian A. Federici
Moderator(s): Brian A. Federici
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:40 AM0453Molecular biology and mechanism of action of insecticidal proteins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis
David J. Ellar
9:10 AM0454Efficacy and value of Bt cotton to growers
Scott D. Stewart
9:40 AM0455Efficacy and economics of transgenic Bt corn
Marlin E. Rice
10:10 AM0456Resistance management for Bt crops
Bruce Tabashnik, Timothy J. Dennehy, Yves Carriere, Yong-Biao Liu, Susan Meyer, Maria A. Sims, Christa Ellers-Kirk, David G. Heckel
10:40 AMBreak
11:00 AM0457Effects of Bt cotton on nontarget organisms under field conditions
William J. Moar, Micky D. Eubanks, Barry Freeman, Samuel Turnipseed, John R. Ruberson, Graham P. Head
11:30 AM0458Food and feed safety of Cry proteins and Bt crops
Bruce Chassy
12:00 PM0459New insecticidal proteins and resistance management tools for transgenic crops
Brian A. Federici, Margaret C. Wirth

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