Relative to fallow-cash crop rotations, the addition of a cover crop can contribute to greater plant diversity and has the potential to conserve predatory arthropods. The transition of arthropods from a cover crop to a subsequent cash crop depends on …
The western corn rootworm (WCR), Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, is an economically important pest of field corn (Zea mays L.) across the United States (U.S.) Corn Belt. Repeated use of transgenic hybrids expressing Bacillus thuringiensis …
Cover crops provide a habitat for pests and beneficial arthropods. Unexpected pest pressure in a cover-crop-to-corn system can occur and result in increased use of insecticides. Eight site-years of on-farm field studies were conducted in 2019, 2020, …
BACKGROUND: Western corn rootworm (WCR; *Diabrotica virgifera virgifera*) field evolved resistance to transgenic maize expressing the Cry3Bb1 protein derived from *Bacillus thuringiensis* (Bt) has been confirmed across the United States Corn Belt. …
The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus L., has evolved to be insensitive to milkweed cardenolides via genetic modifications of Na+/K+-ATPase. There is concern for insecticide exposures near agriculture, with little information on monarch caterpillar …
The western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae), is a significant pest of field corn, Zea mays L. (Poales - Poaceae), across the United States Corn Belt. Widespread adoption and continuous use of corn …
BACKGROUND Crop pest management requires an understanding of the complex interactions among species that potentially impact crop yield. In soybean, the velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner), and the soybean looper, Chrysodeixis …
Final Structural Equation Modeling project using Latent Growth Curves to explore the flight patterns of Western Bean Cutworms in Nebraska.