Assessing lepidopteran abundance and crop injury in soybean lines exhibiting a synthetic bacillus thuringiensis cry1 A Gene1

Journal of Entomological Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-131

  McPherson, Robert M ^a   MacRae, Ted C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticarsia gemmatalis; Bf soybean; Hypena scabra; Pseudoplusia includens; Transgenic soybean

Indexed keywords

ANTICARSIA GEMMATALIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; GLYCINE MAX; HYPENA SCABRA; MUCUNA; PSEUDOPLUSIA INCLUDENS;

EID: 69649085292     PISSN: 07498004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-44.2.120     Document Type: Article

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