2016
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12213
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A transgenic approach for controlling Lygus in cotton

Abstract: Lygus species of plant-feeding insects have emerged as economically important pests of cotton in the United States. These species are not controlled by commercial Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton varieties resulting in economic losses and increased application of insecticide. Previously, a Bt crystal protein (Cry51Aa2) was reported with insecticidal activity against Lygus spp. However, transgenic cotton plants expressing this protein did not exhibit effective protection from Lygus feeding damage. Here we emp… Show more

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“…hesperus and L . lineolaris are consistent with the results reported in Gowda et al, [31] where lethal effects of the Cry51Aa2.834_16 protein were reported for each of these species respectively.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
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“…hesperus and L . lineolaris are consistent with the results reported in Gowda et al, [31] where lethal effects of the Cry51Aa2.834_16 protein were reported for each of these species respectively.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…This modified Cry51Aa2 protein, designated Cry51Aa2.834_16, has 96.44% sequence identity with the wild type Bt Cry51Aa2 [25], and shares structural similarities with the Cry35 protein expressed in DAS 59122 [2830]. The modifications introduced into Cry51Aa2 resulting in Cry51Aa2.834_16 increased biological activity against hemipteran pests in the genus Lygus are described in detail in Gowda et al, [31]. Wide scale cultivation and use of commercialized biotechnology-derived crops expressing Bt Cry proteins, including Cry35, have revealed no instances of adverse impacts to non-target organisms (NTOs), and extensive reviews of the safety of various plant-incorporated Cry proteins are available [32, 33].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recently, genetically modified cotton lines with insecticidal activity against phytophagous hemipteran insect pests of cotton, namely Lygus hesperus Knight and L. lineolaris, were identified (Baum et al, 2012;Gowda et al, 2016), as previous transgenic cotton did not express toxicity towards these hemipteran pest species or related stink bug species. Interestingly, Gowda et al (2016) used DP 393 (G. hirsutum) and in this current study among G. hirsutum entries evaluated, DP 393 possessed the thinnest boll walls at 1 d after flowering (Table 3).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…DP 393 continued to consistently exhibit the thinnest boll walls or second thinnest wall at later ages (Tables 4 and 5). Although the toxin was expressed in higher amounts within cotton squares (Gowda et al, 2016), the toxin was also expressed in the boll walls; the internal contents of the boll were not evaluated. Thus, this presents an interesting scenario where, if insect mortality is achieved by lygus bugs ingesting the boll wall tissue, thicker boll walls may be preferable to allow these smaller pest insects (which possess discrete capability to breach the boll wall) to ingest more of the toxin-containing boll tissue.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
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