title: Managing the sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis, and corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea, using Bt corn and insecticide treatments.
abstract: The sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), are important pests of corn in Brazil and have not been successfully managed, because of the difficulty of managing them with pesticides. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of Bt corn MON810, transformed with a gene from Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner (Bacillales: Bacillaceae) insecticide seed treatment, and foliar insecticide spray using treatments developed for control of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), which is the major pest of corn. The experiments were done under field conditions in early- and late-planted corn in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and in the laboratory. The MON810 corn reduced infestations and damage by D. saccharalis and H. zea. The insecticides used in seed treatments or foliar sprays did not affect D. saccharalis and H. zea infestations or damage levels. The exception was the insecticide seed treatment in non-transformed corn, which reduced early infestations of D. saccharalis. The MON810 corn, therefore, can be used for managing these two pest species, especially D. saccharalis.
authors.affiliation: 1 Departamento de Defesa Fitossanitária, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima, 1000, CEP: 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliano R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Farias
authors.forename: Ervandil C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Jerson V C
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Guedes
authors.forename: Alessandro P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Arbage
authors.forename: Armando B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Neto
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bigolin
authors.forename: Felipe F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Pinto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis; D001938:Brazil; D007300:Insect Control; D007306:Insecticides; D007814:Larva; D008724:Methomyl; D009036:Moths; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D010671:Phenylurea Compounds; D018515:Plant Leaves; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D012621:Seasons; D012639:Seeds; D013045:Species Specificity; D003313:Zea mays
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D010671:Phenylurea Compounds; D008724:Methomyl; C471805:novaluron
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