Mortality impact of MON863 transgenic maize roots on western corn rootworm larvae in the field

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 721-729

  Clark, T L ^a,b   Frank, D L ^a   French, B W ^c   Meinke, L J ^d   Moellenbeck, D ^e   Vaughn, T T ^b   Hibbard, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e DM Crop Research Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bt; Cry3Bb1; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; Insect resistance management

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BEETLE; EMERGENCE; FIELDWORK; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; MAIZE; MORTALITY; PROTEIN; ROOT SYSTEM; SURVIVORSHIP; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

IOWA; MISSOURI; NEBRASKA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84870664183     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2012.01709.x     Document Type: Article

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