Chapter 06

Insect-resistant crops

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Cry genes and other bacterial insecticidal proteins

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Bt crops

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Bt cotton

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Gene stacking

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Monarch butterfly

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Sears, M. K., Hellmich, R. L., Stanley-Horn, D. E., Oberhauser, K. S., Pleasants, J. M., Mattila, H. R., Siegfried, B. D., and Dively, G. P. (2001) Impact of Bt corn pollen on monarch butterfly populations: a risk assessment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 98, 11937-11942. [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.211329998]

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Protease inhibitors and other plant genes

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Nagadhara, D., Ramesh, S., Pasalu, I. C., Rao, Y. K., Krishnaiah, N. V., Sarma, N. P., Bown, D. P., Gatehouse, J. A., Reddy, V. D., and Rao, K. V. (2003) Transgenic indica rice resistant to sap-sucking insects. Plant Biotechnology Journal 1, 231-240. [PubMed: 17156035] [DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-7652.2003.00022.x]

The Pusztai affair

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