Monitoring resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis in the field by performing bioassays with each Cry toxin separately

Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) is increasingly used worldwide for mosquito control and is the only larvicide used in the French Rhône-Alpes region since decades. The artificial selection of mosquitoes with field-persistent Bti collected in breeding sites from this region led to a mo...

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Main Authors: Guillaume Tetreau, Renaud Stalinski, Jean-Philippe David, Laurence Despres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013-11-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000700894&lng=en&tlng=en