Effect of Bt corn expressing the Cry3Bb1 toxin on western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) biology

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-152

  Al Deeb, Mohammad A ^a   Wilde, Gerald E ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt corn; Corn pests; Cry3Bb1; Diabrotica virgifera

Indexed keywords

MAIZE; PEST CONTROL; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 20544475643     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0403.04.1     Document Type: Article

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