Efficacy of pyramided Bt proteins Cry1F, Cry1A.105, and Cry2Ab2 expressed in SmartStax corn hybrids against lepidopteran insect pests in the Northern United States

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 403-409

  Rule, D M ^a   Nolting, S P ^a   Prasifka, P L ^b   Storer, N P ^a   Hopkins, B W ^a   Scherder, E F ^c   Siebert, M W ^a   Hendrix III, W H ^a  

^a DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^b DowAgroSciences   (United States)

^c Dow AgroSciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Black cutworm; Corn earworm; European corn borer; Fall armyworm; Western bean cutworm

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEPIDOPTERA; MAIZE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; LEPIDOPTERA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; UNITED STATES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84893836843     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC12448     Document Type: Article

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