Resistance management for Bt crops: Theory, successes and failures

Wednesday, November 18, 2015: 1:55 PM
208 AB (Convention Center)
Bruce Tabashnik , Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Jeff Fabrick , U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, USDA - ARS, Maricopa, AZ
Yves Carriere , Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
We use the data from nearly two decades of widespread planting of transgenic Bt crops to test predictions from theory about the conditions that favor or delay evolution of resistance in pests.