Effects of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis-maize on larval food consumption, utilization and growth in the grass-moth species Chilo partellus under laboratory conditions (Lepidoptera : Crambidae)

摘要

Insect resistant transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis-plants ("Bt-plants") produce toxins damaging the gut of herbivores, suggesting that food intake and utilization may be affected. As the effect of the 'Bt toxin' depends on the plant diet, herbivores feeding on leaves may be differently affected than when feeding on stem tissue.