Resistance to Insect-Killing Proteins from the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Toxins
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 6569
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Interests: environmental analysis; resistance control of Bt toxins; design and modification of zero-dimensional nanomaterials (novel quantum dots, etc.) and their composites for environmental analysis, agriculture, and biological medicine
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Dear Colleagues,
I would like to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue focused on “Resistance to Insect-Killing Proteins from the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Toxins”.
As alternatives to toxic synthetic pesticides, bacterium bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins show specific insecticidal properties for some target pests without influencing non-target organisms. These insect-killing biotoxins can be directly expressed by transgenic plants with incorporated Bt genes, which have been successfully applied for pest control in wide crops such as corn, rice, cotton, and soybean. However, one of them has been recently reported to potentially threaten the development of field resistance and will decrease the efficacy of Bt toxins to insects over time. It is vital to use various biochemical and molecular techniques to study resistance mechanisms, contributing factors, and physiological processes, including identifying the resistance genes and related receptor proteins, deciphering the protein-binding sites, and investigating the insect microbial communities. Furthermore, effective monitoring methods and resistance management strategies should be developed for delaying the resistance evolution to Bt proteins, which can help the sustainable utilization of Bt crop biotechnology.
The types of Original Research, Communication, Review, and Mini Review articles are welcome.
Dr. Jiangjiang Gu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins
- transgenic plants
- resistance mechanism
- physiological process
- monitoring method
- resistance-management strategy