This new issued patent protects the uses of the company's Chromobacterium formulations, compositions and compounds to control corn
rootworm larvae infestation.
European corn borer in 1996, the corn
rootworm in 2003, and the corn
However, it is the larvae, known as corn
rootworms, that make cucumber beetles so injurious.
Bt runs through the groundwater at concentrations found nowhere else in nature, and you get more than the adapting
rootworms; you affect a whole variety of insects and microorganisms.
Each spring, the western corn
rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera) awakens from its winter slumber to wreak havoc on corn crops across the United States.
Insecticidal properties of several monoterpenoids to the house fly (Diptera: Muscidae), red flour beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), and southern corn
rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)., J.
Monsanto's Bt corn is a Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) and the subject of a recent investigation into the
rootworm outbreak.
Geostatistical characterization of the spatial distribution of adult corn
rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) emergence.
The authors found that three of the four main biotech traits (corn borer and
rootworm resistance and two forms of herbicide tolerance) attract significant price premiums and that roughly 8 percent of the price of seed corn is associated with market power held by the seed companies.
"From corn
rootworm and corn borer protection to herbicide resistance and value-added food grade products, our new line-up of corn hybrids offers growers corn genetics paired with the right technology to thrive in this region," Becerra says.
Evolution of diabroticite
rootworm beetle (Chrysomelidae) receptors for Cucurbita blossom volatiles.