Interactions among bt maize, entomopathogens, and rootworm species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the field: Effects on survival, yield, and root injury

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 622-632

  Petzold Maxwell, Jennifer L ^a,b   Jaronski, Stefan T ^a   Clifton, Eric H ^a   Dunbar, Mike W ^a   Jackson, Mark A ^c   Gassmann, Aaron J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabrotica barberi; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; Heterorhabditis; Metarhizium; Steinernema

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METARHIZIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; RANDOMIZATION; RHABDITIDA; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEETLES; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; IOWA; LARVA; METARHIZIUM; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RHABDITIDA; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZEA MAYS;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA; DIABROTICA BARBERI; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; FUNGI; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; METARHIZIUM; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84876276720     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC12375     Document Type: Article

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