Decreased whorl and ear damage in nine Mon810 Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)-transgenic corn hybrids compared with their non-Bt counterparts

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2164-2170

  Chilcutt, Charles F ^a   Odvody, Gary N ^a   Correa, J Carlos ^a   Remmers, Jeff ^a   Parker, Roy D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn earworm; Genetically modified; Helicoverpa zea; Plant resistance; Zca mays

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HELICOVERPA ZEA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34248680770     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/99.6.2164     Document Type: Article

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