Western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) population dynamics

By L. Meinke, T. Sappington, D. Onstad, Thomas Guillemaud, N. Miller, J. Komáromi, N. Levay, L. Furlan, J. Kiss, F. Tóth. 2009

205 citations recorded by the source corpus.

1 The western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte is a major insect pest of field maize, Zea mays L. Larvae can cause substantial injury by feeding on maize roots. Larval feeding may destroy individual roots or root nodes, and reduce plant growth, stability, and yield. Costs associated with managing corn rootworms in continuous maize are annually one of the largest expenditures for insect management in the United States Corn Belt.

Subfields: Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Plant Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/ba6dc1df0d97470af0f65bb60859f7d74c7e490a

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Insect Science

1. M. Meissle
2. Franz Bigler
3. Jörg Romeis
4. Alan Raybould

In Molecular Biology

1. M. Meissle
2. Franz Bigler
3. Jörg Romeis
4. Alan Raybould

In Plant Science

1. M. Meissle
2. B. Melander
3. Franz Bigler
4. Jörg Romeis
5. Alan Raybould

Citations in the corpus

• Pests, pesticide use and alternative options in European maize production: current status and future prospects (2009, background): “Diabrotica v. virgifera was first detected in Europe in 1992 and has been invading the continent with an average rate of 40 km per year (Kiss et al. 2005; Meinke et al. 2009).”