scholarly journals Sustained susceptibility of pink bollworm to Bt cotton in the United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 194-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce E. Tabashnik ◽  
Shai Morin ◽  
Gopalan C. Unnithan ◽  
Alex J. Yelich ◽  
Christa Ellers-Kirk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pink Bollworm ◽  
Bt Cotton

scholarly journals Transgenic cotton and sterile insect releases synergize eradication of pink bollworm a century after it invaded the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. e2019115118
Author(s):  
Bruce E. Tabashnik ◽  
Leighton R. Liesner ◽  
Peter C. Ellsworth ◽  
Gopalan C. Unnithan ◽  
Jeffrey A. Fabrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Population Size ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pink Bollworm ◽  
Bt Cotton ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Invasive Pests ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
Cotton Pests ◽  
Global Threat

Invasive organisms pose a global threat and are exceptionally difficult to eradicate after they become abundant in their new habitats. We report a successful multitactic strategy for combating the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella), one of the world’s most invasive pests. A coordinated program in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico included releases of billions of sterile pink bollworm moths from airplanes and planting of cotton engineered to produce insecticidal proteins from the bacteriumBacillus thuringiensis(Bt). An analysis of computer simulations and 21 y of field data from Arizona demonstrate that the transgenic Bt cotton and sterile insect releases interacted synergistically to reduce the pest’s population size. In Arizona, the program started in 2006 and decreased the pest’s estimated statewide population size from over 2 billion in 2005 to zero in 2013. Complementary regional efforts eradicated this pest throughout the cotton-growing areas of the continental United States and northern Mexico a century after it had invaded both countries. The removal of this pest saved farmers in the United States $192 million from 2014 to 2019. It also eliminated the environmental and safety hazards associated with insecticide sprays that had previously targeted the pink bollworm and facilitated an 82% reduction in insecticides used against all cotton pests in Arizona. The economic and social benefits achieved demonstrate the advantages of using agricultural biotechnology in concert with classical pest control tactics.

Global Patterns of Resistance to Bt Crops Highlighting Pink Bollworm in the United States, China, and India

2019 ◽  
Vol 112 (6) ◽  
pp. 2513-2523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce E Tabashnik ◽  
Yves Carrière
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Pest Control ◽  
Crop Residues ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Genetically Engineered ◽  
Pink Bollworm ◽  
Bt Cotton ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
Bt Crops

Abstract Crops genetically engineered to produce insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have advanced pest control, but their benefits have been reduced by evolution of resistance in pests. The global monitoring data reviewed here reveal 19 cases of practical resistance to Bt crops, which is field-evolved resistance that reduces Bt crop efficacy and has practical consequences for pest control. Each case represents the responses of one pest species in one country to one Bt toxin. The results with pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) and Bt cotton differ strikingly among the world’s three leading cotton-producing nations. In the southwestern United States, farmers delayed resistance by planting non-Bt cotton refuges from 1996 to 2005, then cooperated in a program that used Bt cotton, mass releases of sterile moths, and other tactics to eradicate this pest from the region. In China, farmers reversed low levels of pink bollworm resistance to Bt cotton by planting second-generation hybrid seeds from crosses between Bt and non-Bt cotton. This approach yields a refuge of 25% non-Bt cotton plants randomly interspersed within fields of Bt cotton. Farmers adopted this tactic voluntarily and unknowingly, not to manage resistance, but apparently because of its perceived short-term agronomic and economic benefits. In India, where non-Bt cotton refuges have been scarce and pink bollworm resistance to pyramided Bt cotton producing Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab toxins is widespread, integrated pest management emphasizing shortening of the cotton season, destruction of crop residues, and other tactics is now essential.

scholarly journals The Work In The United States Against The Pink Bollworm

1919 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-175
Author(s):  
W. D. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pink Bollworm

scholarly journals Heliothis virescens and Bt cotton in the United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. Blanco
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Heliothis Virescens ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bt Cotton

scholarly journals Helicoverpa zea and Bt Cotton in the United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall G. Luttrell ◽  
Ryan E. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Helicoverpa Zea ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bt Cotton

Current Resistance Management Requirements for Bt Cotton in the United States

2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 137-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharlene R. Matten ◽  
Alan H. Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Resistance Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bt Cotton ◽  
Current Resistance

Bt resistance alleles in field populations of pink bollworm from China: Similarities with the United States and decreased frequency from 2012 to 2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 527-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jintao Wang ◽  
Dong Xu ◽  
Ling Wang ◽  
Shengbo Cong ◽  
Peng Wan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pink Bollworm ◽  
Bt Resistance
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