Effects of Bt maize on agrotis segetum (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): A Pest of maize seedlings

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 702-706

  Erasmus, A ^a,b   Rensburg, J B J Van ^a   Berg, J Van Den ^b  

^a ARC GRAIN CROPS INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agrotis segetum; Bt maize; Cry1ab; Cutworm

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LARVA; MAIZE; MOTH; PROTEIN; SEEDLING; STEM BORER; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MAIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTH; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MOTHS; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLING; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS;

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

EID: 77952724334     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09150     Document Type: Article

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