Field-based assessment of resistance to bt corn by western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1399-1409

  Shrestha, Ram B ^a   Jakka, Siva R K ^a,b   French, B Wade ^c   Gassmann, Aaron J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Valent USA Corporation   (United States)

^c NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt corn; Cross resistance; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; Insect resistance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008352233     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: 1938291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/tow087     Document Type: Article

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