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dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Corinneeng
dc.date.issued2007eng
dc.description.abstractFarmers are required to implement insect resistance management (IRM) plans for all Bt crops in order to reduce the probability that insects susceptible to Bt will develop resistance. These IRM plans require farmers to plant at least 20% of the corn acreage to a non-Bt hybrid, and in specific configurations. In order for IRM plans to be effective, farmers must correctly implement these refuge requirements both in terms of acreage and configuration. This article reports survey results which show that farmers believe refuges will be effective in managing resistance, but that they would not implement them if they were not required. The article also reports survey and focus group data on farmers' perceptions of each refuge configuration. These data show that farmers who have experience with implementing refuges report less time and effort associated with refuges, which is partly due to having learned how to implement refuges more efficiently.eng
dc.description.bibrefIncludes bibliographical referenceseng
dc.description.sponsorshipFinancial support provided by Monsanto, Inc.eng
dc.identifier.citationAgBioForum, 10(1) 2007: 33-43.eng
dc.identifier.issn1522-936Xeng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/72
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherAgBioForumeng
dc.relation.ispartofcollectionAgBioForum, vol. 10, no. 1 (2007)eng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.subjectBt corneng
dc.subjectinsect resistance managementeng
dc.subjectrefugeeng
dc.subject.lcshTransgenic plants -- Plantingeng
dc.subject.lcshCorn -- Genetic engineeringeng
dc.titleInsect Resistance Management Plans : The Farmers' Perspectiveeng
dc.typeArticleeng


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