A comparison of maize stalk rot occurrence in Bt and non-Bt hybrids

Plant Disease

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1149-1155

  Gatch, E W ^a   Hellmich, R L ^a   Munkvold, G P ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; GMO; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; INSECTICIDES; PROTEINS;

INFESTATION TREATMENT;

FUNGI;

FUNGI; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036790336     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2002.86.10.1149     Document Type: Article

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