Completed Competitive Grant

Development of alternative carriers for use of Beauveria Bassiana in Ostrinia nubilalis suppression on corn

Project ID: 1999-75

Abstract

The European corn borer (ECB) is a serious pest of corn causing significant yield losses in the Midwest. In continuous work on innovative control of the ECB via an entomopathogenic fungus, this project evaluated alternative carriers for delivery of Beauvaria bassiana without increasing indigenous mycotox-Entomology ins.

Lead investigator: Leslie C. Lewis, ISU Entomology

Year of grant completion: 2001

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Biocontrol and Integrated Pest Management, Organic production practices and comparisons, Soils and agronomy

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