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Dispersal of newly eclosed European corn borer adults (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from corn into small-grain aggregation plots.
Journal of economic entomology - 1 Oct 2006
Reardon Brendon J, Sumerford Douglas V, Sappington Thomas W
Abstract excerpt
Genetically modified, insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn, Zea mays L., hybrids are used throughout the Corn Belt for European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), control. To slow development of Bt corn resistance, the Environmental Protection Agency requires growers to plant a refuge. Determining the appropriate distance between a refuge and Bt corn, and development of...
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