Evaluation of SmartStax and SmartStax PRO maize against western corn rootworm and northern corn rootworm: efficacy and resistance management

Pest Management Science

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1883-1899

  Head, Graham P ^a   Carroll, Matthew W ^a   Evans, Sean P ^a   Rule, Dwain M ^b   Willse, Alan R ^a   Clark, Thomas L ^a   Storer, Nicholas P ^b   Flannagan, Ronald D ^a   Samuel, Luke W ^a   Meinke, Lance J ^c  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

corn rootworm; insect resistance management; pyramids; RNA, DvSnf7

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MAIZE; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; RNA;

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

ANIMAL; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; GENETICS; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COLEOPTERA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85017120915     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.4554     Document Type: Article

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