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CROP PROTECTION
Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 319-324Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2004.08.006
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Transgenic Bt-cotton; pesticides; bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera); mirids; leafhoppers
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Effects of pesticide applications, based on an IPM program on cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera Hubner, cotton mirids and cotton leafhoppers, were evaluated in transgenic Bt-cotton and non-transgenic cotton agroecosystems between 1999 and 2001 in China. Differences in pest populations between cotton varieties were also compared. In 1999 and 2000, bollworm populations on non-transgenic cotton were larger than those on transgenic Bt-cotton. In Bt-cotton fields, the numbers of fourth-generation bollworms were greater than those of in the second and the third generations over all 3 years of study. Leafhopper populations on Bt-cotton were consistently larger than those on non-transgenic cotton during the 3 years of study. Although the use of transgenic Bt-cotton decreased the need for insecticide applications against cotton bollworm, this relaxation from pesticide applications could cause increased populations of sucking insects, which could require additional insecticide applications. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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