Evaluation of transgenic sweet corn hybrids expressing CryIA (b) toxin for resistance to corn earworm and fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 246-252

  Lynch, R E ^a   Wiseman, B R ^a   Plaisted, D ^a,b,c   Warnick, D ^a,b,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Novartis Seeds Incorporated   (United States)

^c Novartis Seeds Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis gene; Helicoverpa zea; Spodoptera frugiperda; Sweet corn; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; HOST RESISTANCE; HYBRID; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033082092     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.1.246     Document Type: Article

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