Integrated Pest Management, Bt Crops, and Insecticide Use: The U.S. Experience

摘要: Bt crops have features amenable to IPM systems and their incorporation into such has been quite successful in some institutional settings. Widespread adoption of cotton maize the United States contributed dramatic, unprecedented reductions insecticide use. When introduced settings with less-developed systems, however, secondary pest outbreaks field-evolved resistance become problems. Pest yet a serious problem but remains concern. A major industry response potential grower non-compliance management regulations development pyramided varieties seed mixtures. These address immediate problems, may take discretion away from growers. principles that recognize biological complexities prove essential for sustaining benefits crops.