The effect of Bt maize on Sesamia calamistis in South Africa

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-51

  Van Den Berg, J ^a   Van Wyk, A ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecological impact; Environmental risk; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Non target effects; Parasitoids; Stem borers

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MAIZE; STEM BORER; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BUSSEOLA FUSCA; CHILO PARTELLUS; CRAMBIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; POACEAE; SESAMIA CALAMISTIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845697128     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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