BT TRANSGENIC CORN HYBRIDS AND INSECTICIDES FOR LARVAL CORN ROOTWORM CONTROL, 2006B

Corn Rootworm Resistance to BT-Corn Reported

Cornell University by seed industry legal restrictions placed on public scientists, limiting both laboratory and field research from the mid-1990s until 2010. Widespread and organized objections by corn entomologists from major agricultural universities in 2010, convinced the seed companies to loosen the legal restrictions limiting research by public scientists involving GMO crops. As a result,...

Evaluation of Bt Corn and Soil-applied Insecticides for Management of Corn Rootworm Larvae

Introduction The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Bt corn, with and without soil insecticides, for management of corn rootworm. Evaluation of Bt hybrids included Agrisure 3000GT, Agrisure 3122 RIB, DeKalb YieldGard VT3, and Pioneer Optimum AcreMax1. Soil insecticides evaluated were Aztec 2.1G, Aztec-SB 4.67G, Capture LFR 1.5SC, Counter-SB 20G, Force 250CS, and SmartCho...

Bt Corn Rootworm Protected Corn: Performance and Resistance Management

Although field corn pest management has remained largely dependent on restricted-use, broad-spectrum insecticides (organophosphates, carbamates and pyrethroids) for corn rootworm control, this situation is changing rapidly with the 2003–2004 market entry of highly selective tactics, including genetically modified Bt rootworm corn hybrids and nicotinoid insecticidal seed treatments labeled for c...

Larval mortality and development for rotation-resistant and rotation-susceptible populations of western corn rootworm on Bt corn

Genetic Markers for Western Corn Rootworm Resistance to Bt Toxin

Western corn rootworm (WCR) is a major maize (Zea mays L.) pest leading to annual economic losses of more than 1 billion dollars in the United States. Transgenic maize expressing insecticidal toxins derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are widely used for the management of WCR. However, cultivation of Bt-expressing maize places intense selection pressure on pest populations to...