Effect of Seed Blends and Soil-Insecticide on Western and Northern Corn Rootworm Emergence from mCry3A + eCry3.1Ab Bt Maize

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1260-1270

  Frank, Daniel L ^a,b   Kurtz, Ryan ^c,d   Tinsley, Nicholas A ^e   Gassmann, Aaron J ^f   Meinke, Lance J ^g   Moellenbeck, Daniel ^h   Gray, Michael E ^e   Bledsoe, Larry W ⁱ   Krupke, Christian H ⁱ   Estes, Ronald E ^e   Weber, Patrick ^f   Hibbard, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b West Virginia University Extension Service   (United States)

^c SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^d Agricultural and Environmental Research Division   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^h DM Crop Research Group Inc ^*  (United States)

ⁱ PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabrotica barberi; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; insect resistance management; MIR604, 5307; refuge in a bag; seed mix refuge

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA BARBERI; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

2,3,5,6-TETRAFLUORO-4-METHYLBENZYL (Z)-(1RS)-CIS-3-(2-CHLORO-3,3,3-TRIFLUOROPROP-1-ENYL)-2,2-DIMETHYLCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; ENDOTOXIN; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEETLES; CYCLOPROPANES; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84931863473     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: 1938291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov081     Document Type: Article

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