Sunday, December 9, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Salon One, Garden Ballroom, Second Floor (Town & Country)

Symposium: Advances in Bt Resistance: From Mechanisms to Monitoring

Organizer(s): Konasale Anilkumar, anilkkj@auburn.edu
William J. Moar, moarwil@auburn.edu
1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM 0162A newly discovered mechanism of Bt Cry toxin action
Lee Bulla, bulla@utdallas.edu
2:00 PM 0163Caenorhabditis elegans resistance to Cry toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis
Audrey Bellier, abellier@ucsd.edu
2:25 PM 0164Bt proteolysis in plants: Impact on Bt resistance management
Brenda Oppert, bso@ksu.edu
2:50 PM 0165Development and characterization of resistance to Bt toxins in the European corn borer
Andre Luiz Barreto Crespo, crespo@unlserve.unl.edu
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM 0166Selection intensity and direct comparison of rootworm-targeted Bt corn
Bruce E. Hibbard, hibbardb@missouri.edu
3:55 PM0167Production and characterization of Bt Cry1Ac resistance in cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie)
Konasale Anilkumar, anilkkj@auburn.edu, Ana Rodrigo-Simon, Ana.Rodrigo@uv.es, Juan Ferre, Juan.Ferre@uv.es, Marianne Pusztai-Carey, marianne.pusztai-carey@case.edu, William Moar, moarwil@auburn.edu
4:20 PM0168Fitness costs and management of pest resistance to Bt crops
Yves Carriere, ycarrier@ag.arizona.edu, Aaron J. Gassmann, aaronjg@iastate.edu, Bruce E. Tabashnik, brucet@ag.arizona.edu
4:45 PM0169Bt Cry1Ac resistance in cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie): The next step
William J. Moar, moarwil@auburn.edu, Marianne Pusztai-Carey, marianne.pusztai-carey@case.edu, Konasale Anilkumar, anilkkj@auburn.edu
5:10 PM Concluding Remarks

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