Cotton cultivation, often highlighted for its excessive consumption of plant protection
products, is taken as a model to illustrate the development of the ideas and practices of crop …

Plants exhibit a number of adaptive defence traits that endow resistance to past and current
abiotic and biotic stresses. It is generally accepted that these adaptations will incur a cost …

The refuge strategy is used widely for delaying evolution of insect resistance to transgenic
crops that produce Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins. Farmers grow refuges of host plants that …

A tool box of empirical and modeling methods, this book provides a foundation for designing
and conducting population-level ecological risk assessments consistent with North …

Since 2000, the world has made significant progress in reducing malaria morbidity and
mortality, and several countries in Africa, South America and South‐East Asia are working …

Specific resistance loci in plants are generally very efficient in controlling development of
pathogen populations. However, because of the strong selection pressure exerted, these …

Widespread adoption of Bt crops and persistence of Bt toxins expressed in transgenic plants
could cause rapid evolution of resistance in pests and lead to the loss of the intrinsic …

Community and ecosystem ecology are paying increasing attention to evolutionary
dynamics, offering a means of attaining a more comprehensive understanding of ecological …

This paper presents the results of a large-scale study designed to monitor the impact arising
from the introduction of insect-resistant Bt cotton in the Makhathini Flats, Republic of South …

Transgenic crops producing insecticidal toxins are now widely used to control insect pests.
The benefits of this method would be lost if resistance to the toxins spread to a significant …