Characterizing the Development and Survival of H. Zea and Injury to Different Cotton Tissue Types and Different Bt Protein Combinations for Use in IRM Modeling

Research objectives were to 1) quantify injury to squares, flowers, and bolls from bollworm over time 2) determine the type of injury that leads to abscission 3) compare levels of Bt expression over time and correlate it with injury 4) combine all variables into three models for square, flowers, and bolls to determine the amount of injury that leads to abscission and may indicate the development of resistance