Tritrophic interactions among Bt (Cry3Bb1) corn, aphid prey, and the predator Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1621-1625

  Lundgren, Jonathan G ^a,b   Wiedenmann, Robert N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Predation; Rhopalosiphum; Transgenic crop; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; RHOPALOSIPHUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM MAIDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 29544437005     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.6.1621     Document Type: Article

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