Resistance of Bt transgenic maize to lesser cornstalk borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 652-653

  Vilella, Francys M F ^a   Waquil, José M ^b   Vilella, Evaldo F ^a   Viana, Paulo A ^b   Lynch, Robert E ^c   Foster, John E ^d  

^a Depto de B A/U F de Vicosa   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA MILHO E SORGO   (Brazil)

^c USDA ARS CPMRU   (Georgia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAIZE; PEST RESISTANCE; STEM BORER; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036977653     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0652:ROBTMT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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