Field and Laboratory Evaluations of Transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis Corn on Secondary Lepidopteran Pests (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 669-678

  Pilcher, Clinton D ^a   Rice, Marlin E ^a   Obrycki, John J ^a   Lewis, Leslie C ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrotis ipsilon; Bacillus thuringiensis; Helicoverpa zea; Papaipema nebris; Pseudaletia unipuncta; Transgenic corn

Indexed keywords

AGROTIS IPSILON; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; HELICOVERPA ZEA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NEBRIS; NOCTUIDAE; PAPAIPEMA NEBRIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0000926848     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.2.669     Document Type: Article

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