Field efficacy of sweet corn hybrids expressing a Bacillus thuringiensis toxin for management of Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 197-203

  Burkness, Eric C ^a   Hutchison, W D ^a   Bolin, Patricia C ^b   Bartels, David W ^c   Warnock, D F ^d   Davis, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Helicoverpa zea; Ostrinia nubilalis; Transgenic sweet corn

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHIMERA; GENETICS; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHIMERA; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035261216     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.1.197     Document Type: Article

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