This is a male and female moth of the European corn borer. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions ...

Interestingly, due to the introduction of Bt maize, recent research suggests there has been an areawide suppression of European corn borer populations (Hutchison et al. 2010). This is beneficial ...

Bt-enhanced corn was developed to fight the European corn borer, which as the No. 1 pest of corn causes losses each year exceeding $1 billion in the United States. Bt corn uses a portion of the genes ...

4. Does Bt corn or Bt cotton only kill specific pests that damage the crop? a. The Bt toxin kills all insects. b. The Bt toxin kills European corn borer and other flying insects. c. The Bt toxin kills ...

This publication will go over disease identification, the disease cycle ... Bergstrom, G.C., B.S. Croskey, and R.I. Carruthers, Synergism between Colletotrichum graminicola and European corn borer in ...

Evaluate Insect Pressure If you don’t have heavy European corn borer or corn rootworm pressure, you might be able to forgo the use of a soil insecticide. That’s potentially a $30-plus savings ...

genetically modified with a protein inserted from the Bt soil bacterium that kills European corn borer – the corn plant can resist larva trying to feed on it. Another example is the Roundup ...

Bt genes code for toxins considered to be harmless to humans but lethal to certain insects, including the European corn borer, an insect that tunnels into cornstalks and ears, making it a bane of ...

September 15, 2024 • Torrential rains in Central Europe have forced massive evacuations in the hardest hit areas in the Czech Republic, where floods reached extreme levels on Sunday.

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