Article
Economic analysis of dynamic management strategies utilizing. Transgenic corn for control of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
Journal of economic entomology - 1 Jun 2005
Crowder D W, Onstad D W, Gray M E, Mitchell P D, Spencer J L, Brazee R J
Abstract excerpt
We studied management strategies for western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, using transgenic corn, Zea mays L., from both a biological and an economic perspective. In areas with and without populations adapted to a 2-yr rotation of corn and soybean (rotation-resistant), the standard management strategy was to plant 80% of a cornfield (rotated and continuous) to a transgenic cultivar each...
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