Field resistance of Bacillus thuringiensis berliner transformed maize to fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and southwestern corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) leaf feeding

Journal of Entomological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-336

  Abel, Craig A ^a   Pollan, Melanie C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt; Corn; Cry1AB; Diatraea grandiosella; Plant resistance; Spodoptera frugiperda; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; CRAMBINAE; DIATRAEA; DIATRAEA GRANDIOSELLA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4644318534     PISSN: 07498004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-39.3.325     Document Type: Article

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