The western corn rootworm, a new threat to European agriculture: Opportunities for biotechnology?

Pest Management Science

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 956-966

  Dillen, Koen ^a   Mitchell, Paul D ^b   van Looy, Tinne ^a   Tollens, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Bt maize; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; GM crops; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; FARMING SYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAIZE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MOTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EUROPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRIA;

DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955994868     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1966     Document Type: Article

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