Bt pesticide resistance
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:02:42 GMT, Mooshie peas
wrote:
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 23:24:57 +0200, Torsten Brinch
posted:
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:09:54 GMT, Mooshie peas
wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 17:30:28 +0200, Torsten Brinch
The main observation in the experiment IMO is that feeding BT
fortified substrate (10ppm) to larvae, re-selected to yield high Bt
resistance (LC50~200 ppm), increased their mean pupae weight
significantly - about 20% - relative to feeding them non-BT fortified
substrate -- while leaving their time to pupation unchanged or perhaps
a bit shorter.
Has the experiment been replicated?
I don't know, Jack. You can ask the authors if they are working on
that or something similar, email: h dot cerda at ic dot ac dot uk
So how are you placing so much weight on this paper as to dismiss out
of hand Oz's hypothesis? snip
I already explained why I think Oz's hypothesis as to what caused the
observed difference is untenable. Look back the thread.
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