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Meaning of "rootworm"
Rootworm (noun): A type of beetle larva that is a common agricultural pest, particularly in cornfields. It feeds on the roots of plants, causing damage and affecting crop yields
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- A worm that tunnels through the roots of young plants.
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Corn rootworm control is determined in these tests.
Culture preparations against western corn rootworm.
Activity against corn rootworm larvae was tested as follows.
There is no reported activity against the corn rootworm.
Bt resistance to corn rootworm is probably of no current benefit on our farm.
Microorganism and the protein is active against corn rootworm.
The corn rootworm is a major agricultural pest of maize crops.
Most of the damage in corn is caused by larval rootworm feeding.
The eggs of the corn rootworm are deposited in the soil.
Corn rootworm is mainly controlled by intensive applications of chemical pesticides.
Corn are infested with corn rootworm species complex each year.
Examples of coleopteran pests include alfalfa weevils and corn rootworm.
Species of com rootworm are considered to be the most destructive corn pests.
Western corn rootworm.
Species of corn rootworm are considered the most destructive corn pests.
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Of particular interest among the coleopteran pests is the corn rootworm.
Ten neonate western corn rootworm larvae were placed in the jar.
Corn rootworm larvae can destroy significant percentages of corn if left untreated.
The determination of damage by corn rootworm was made according to the following protocol.
Positive events were identified and screened using insect bioassays against corn rootworm.
Investigating the presence of the western rootworm soybean variant is also needed.
The western corn rootworm is regarded as one of the most dangerous maize pests.
Early planting allows silks to develop before peak rootworm beetle feeding.
Rootworm beetles begin depositing eggs in cornfields approximately two weeks after they emerge.
Indicate no appreciation of the value of the enzyme in conferring rootworm resistance to plants.
The northern corn rootworm is the most common species in Eastern Canada.
The positive control was designed to target a highly expressed gene from southern corn rootworm.
The use of insecticides to control corn rootworm also has several drawbacks.
Toxin crystal preparations from the recombinant strains were assayed against western corn rootworm.
The variant western corn rootworm in Iowa.
Corn rootworm resistant maize produced by transformation with a modified cry3A gene.
Bacillus thuringiensis toxins which are active against nematodes and corn rootworm are now known.
The distribution of the European corn rootworm resulted from several introductions from North America.
The maize has been modified by Monsanto to make it resistant to the corn rootworm.
Superbugs like the Western Corn Rootworm have found a chink in the frail GMO armor.
There are no documented strains of Bacillus with both fungicidal and corn rootworm activity.
For example, corn rootworm feeding can be economically devastating to agricultural producers.
CRW refers to corn rootworm.
The larvae of the corn rootworm thus become resistant against the plant 's own defense.
Diabrotica longicornis barberi, northern corn rootworm.
Experts are also noting that this year 's resistant rootworm populations are maturing earlier than expected.
Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi, southern corn rootworm.
The most common are stalk borer, rootworm and chimilca slugs, which attack maize and beans.
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, western corn rootworm.
Insect pest-related crop loss from corn rootworm alone has reached one billion dollars a year.
In a preferred embodiment, the target pests are corn rootworm pests.
It is now the predominant rootworm species in the south-western counties of Ontario.
In a preferred embodiment, the insects are coleopteran insects, preferably western corn rootworm.
Inserted cDNA sequence information was obtained from the corn rootworm species-specific plasmid libraries.
None of the modified Cry3A toxins have activity against southern corn rootworm.
