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Severe rootworm damage to Bt corn

More than a month after the first documented reports of rootworm damage in Bt corn, severe injury from corn rootworm has been confirmed by Dr. Mike Gray, entomologist with the University of Illinois.

September 27, 2011  By AgriMarketing/University of Illinois


Sept. 27, 2011 – More than a month after the first documented reports of
rootworm damage in Bt corn, severe injury from corn rootworm has been
confirmed by Dr. Mike Gray, entomologist with the University of
Illinois. Many of the same features found in the initial Iowa State
University report are shared in this instance; corn has been grown
without rotation, with the expression of the same protein in successive
years. |  READ MORE

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