Economic, ecological, food safety, and social consequences of the deployment of Bt transgenic plants

AM Shelton, JZ Zhao, RT Roush - Annual review of entomology, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Transgenic plants expressing insecticidal proteins from the bacterium, Bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt), are revolutionizing agriculture. Bt, which had limited use as a foliar insecticide…

Insect resistance management in GM crops: past, present and future

SL Bates, JZ Zhao, RT Roush, AM Shelton - Nature biotechnology, 2005 - nature.com
Transgenic plants expressing insecticidal proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis
(Bt) were first commercialized in 1996 amid concern from some scientists, regulators and …

The diversity of Bt resistance genes in species of Lepidoptera

DG Heckel, LJ Gahan, SW Baxter, JZ Zhao… - Journal of invertebrate …, 2007 - Elsevier
Although the mode of action of Cry1A toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis is fairly well
understood, knowledge of the molecular mechanisms by which lepidopteran species have …

Suppression of cotton bollworm in multiple crops in China in areas with Bt toxin–containing cotton

KM Wu, YH Lu, HQ Feng, YY Jiang, JZ Zhao - Science, 2008 - science.org
Transgenic cotton that has been engineered to produce insecticidal toxins from Bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt) and so to resist the pest cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) has been …

China stroke statistics 2019: a report from the National center for healthcare quality management in neurological diseases, China national clinical research center for …

…, J Wu, AD Xu, Q Dong, D Wang, JZ Zhao - Stroke and vascular …, 2020 - svn.bmj.com
China faces the greatest challenge from stroke in the world. The death rate for cerebrovascular
diseases in China was 149.49 per 100 000, accounting for 1.57 million deaths in 2018. It …

Insect resistance to transgenic Bt crops: lessons from the laboratory and field

…, RT Roush, AM Shelton, JZ Zhao - Journal of economic …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Transgenic crops that produce insecticidal toxins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
grew on >62 million ha worldwide from 1996 to 2002. Despite expectations that pests …

Nest-like silicon nanospheres for high-capacity lithium storage

H Ma, F Cheng, JY Chen, JZ Zhao, CS Li… - Advanced Materials …, 2007 - osti.gov
Nest-like Si nanospheres and their highly reversible lithium storage (3952 mAh g{sup -1} at
100 mA g{sup -1}) and excellent high-rate capability (3052 mAh g{sup -1} at 2000 mA g{sup -…

Transgenic plants expressing two Bacillus thuringiensis toxins delay insect resistance evolution

JZ Zhao, J Cao, Y Li, HL Collins, RT Roush… - Nature …, 2003 - nature.com
Preventing insect pests from developing resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins
produced by transgenic crops is a major challenge for agriculture. Theoretical models suggest …

Correlated topological insulators with mixed valence

F Lu, JZ Zhao, H Weng, Z Fang, X Dai - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
We propose the local density approximation+ Gutzwiller method incorporating a Green’s
function scheme to study the topological physics of correlated materials from the first principles. …

Monitoring and characterization of diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) resistance to spinosad

JZ Zhao, YX Li, HL Collins… - Journal of Economic …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Fourteen populations of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), were collected from
fields of crucifer vegetables in the United States, Mexico, and Thailand in 1999 and 2000 for …