Browsing Plant Sciences electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Clark, Thomas L."
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The effect of weed density, root senescence, and egg density on western corn rootworm larval establishment, survivorship, and damage potential
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Leconte beetle emergence from and root damage to transgenic (Bt) maize (Zea mays L.) plants producing the Cry3Bb1 protein and isoline plants in the presence of varying ... -
Impact of alternate host phenology amd alternate hose-transgenic corn interactions on the Western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)With the increasing adoption of transgenic maize with resistance to rootworms, combined with glyphosate tolerance, as a control tactic for western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, an understanding of ... -
Molecular diagnostics of economically important Wireworm species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in midwestern United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Wireworms are a common soil-dwelling pest of corn (Zea mays L.) in the Midwestern United States. Wireworms are a problematic group to control and study due to the difficulty involved in identification. The objectives of ...