Insecticidal Bacterial Toxins in Modern Agriculture / / edited by Juan Ferré and Baltasar Escriche.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ferré, Juan,; Escriche, Baltasar,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : MDPI,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (162 pages) :; illustrations

Increased awareness about environmental adverse effects of human activities has prompted the use of insecticides with low impact on systems associated to agriculture. Currently, the most successful biological products are based on protein toxins from the bacterial species Bacillus thuringiensis. Because of the remarkable properties of these proteins, their encoding genes were introduced into farming species (the so called Bt-crops), in such a way, that these plants are self-protected against some key insect pests. Despite the fact that a relatively large number of these toxins, with different toxicity ranges, have been described, it is still important to find new resources with novel capabilities to complement, or to replace in the future, the currently used ones. On another hand, it is important to continue studying their mode action in susceptible insects, and the changes occurred in resistant ones, to determine the most effective strategy for long lasting pest control. The focus of this Special Issue of Toxins is to provide updated information on the use of B. thuringiensis and their toxins on different field crops, the interactions of these toxins with other molecules, analyze the biochemical and molecular basis of emerging cases of resistance and, in general, to provide information which can contribute to an effective pest management with these toxins.

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About the Special Issue Editors .v -- Juan Ferré and Baltasar Escriche Editorial for Special Issue: The Insecticidal Bacterial Toxins in Modern Agriculture Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(12), 396; doi: 10.3390/toxins9120396 .1 -- Zahia Djenane, Farida Nateche, Meriam Amziane, Joaquín Gomis‐Cebolla, Fairouz El‐Aichar, Hassiba Khorf and Juan Ferré Assessment of the Antimicrobial Activity and the Entomocidal Potential of Bacillus thuringiensis Isolates from Algeria Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(4), 139; doi: 10.3390/toxins9040139 .5 -- Rooma Adalat, Faiza Saleem, Neil Crickmore, Shagufta Naz and Abdul Rauf Shakoori In Vivo Crystallization of Three‐Domain Cry Toxins Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(3), 80; doi: 10.3390/toxins9030080 .24 -- Yolanda Bel, Núria Banyuls, Maissa Chakroun, Baltasar Escriche and Juan Ferré Insights into the Structure of the Vip3Aa Insecticidal Protein by Protease Digestion Analysis Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(4), 131; doi: 10.3390/toxins9040131 .37 -- Yueqin Wang, Jing Yang, Yudong Quan, Zhenying Wang, Wanzhi Cai and Kanglai He Characterization of Asian Corn Borer Resistance to Bt Toxin Cry1Ie Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(6), 186; doi:10.3390/toxins9060186 50 -- Yiyun Wei, Shuwen Wu, Yihua Yang and Yidong Wu Baseline Susceptibility of Field Populations of Helicoverpa armigera to Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa Toxin and Lack of Cross‐Resistance between Vip3Aa and Cry Toxins Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(4), 127; doi: 10.3390/toxins9040127 .61 -- Aubrey R. Paolino and Aaron J. Gassmann Assessment of Inheritance and Fitness Costs Associated with Field‐Evolved Resistance to Cry3Bb1 Maize by Western Corn Rootworm Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(5), 159; doi: 10.3390/toxins9050159 .68 -- Andrew J. Bowling, Heather E. Pence, Huarong Li, Sek Yee Tan, Steven L. Evans and Kenneth E. Narva Histopathological Effects of Bt and TcdA Insecticidal Proteins on the Midgut Epithelium of Western Corn Rootworm Larvae (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(5), 156; doi: 10.3390/toxins9050156 .87 -- Haichuan Wang, Seong‐il Eyun, Kanika Arora, Sek Yee Tan, Premchand Gandra, Etsuko Moriyama, Chitvan Khajuria, Jessica Jurzenski, Huarong Li, Maia Donahue, Ken Narva and Blair Siegfried Patterns of Gene Expression in Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) Neonates, Challenged with Cry34Ab1, Cry35Ab1 and Cry34/35Ab1, Based on Next‐Generation Sequencing Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(4), 124; doi: 10.3390/toxins9040124 .101 -- Yannick Pauchet, Anne Bretschneider, Sylvie Augustin and David G. Heckel A P‐Glycoprotein Is Linked to Resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa Toxin in a Leaf Beetle Reprinted from: Toxins 2016, 8(12), 362; doi: 10.3390/toxins8120362 .114 -- Yonghui Li, Yanmin Liu, Xinming Yin, Jörg Romeis, Xinyuan Song, Xiuping Chen, Lili Geng, Yufa Peng and Yunhe Li Consumption of Bt Maize Pollen Containing Cry1Ie Does Not Negatively Affect Propylea japonica (Thunberg) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(3), 108; doi: 10.3390/toxins9030108 .126 -- Oxana Skoková Habuštová, Zdeňka Svobodová, Ľudovít Cagáň and František Sehnal Use of Carabids for the Post‐Market Environmental Monitoring of Genetically Modified Crops Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(4), 121; doi: 10.3390/toxins9040121 .136.