Abstract:A 2-year field study was conducted to assess the effects of a Bt-rice line Cr7-1, (Japonica rice cultivar Nakdong) expressing a transgenic Cry1Ac1 gene, which is highly insecticidal against all larval stages of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), compared with an isogenic rice line (Japonica rice cultivar Nakdong). We investigated the community structure of insects with a sweep net and suction device in Bt and non-Bt rice fields during the rice growing season in 2007 and 2008 in Chungch… Show more
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