Genetic structure and gene flow among European corn borer populations from the Great Plains to the Appalachians of North America

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-393

  Kim, Kyung S ^a,c   Coates, Brad S ^a   Bagley, Mark J ^b   Hellmich, Richard L ^a   Sappington, Thomas W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dispersal; European corn borer; Gene flow; Genetic structure; Invasive; Landscape; Migration; Neighbourhood; Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae); Population genetics

Indexed keywords

CRAMBIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS;

EID: 80054070713     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2011.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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