Journal of
Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

  • Abbreviation: J. Agric. Ext. Rural Dev
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2170
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAERD
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 489

Full Length Research Paper

Farmers’ perspectives on resistance in western corn rootworm to CRW-Bt corn in Midwest USA

David A. Andow*
  • David A. Andow*
  • Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States.
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Robert J. Wright
  • Robert J. Wright
  • Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Nebraska, United States.
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Erin W. Hodgson
  • Erin W. Hodgson
  • Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States.
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Thomas E. Hunt
  • Thomas E. Hunt
  • Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska, Concord, Nebraska, United States.
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Kenneth R. Ostlie
  • Kenneth R. Ostlie
  • Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States.
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  •  Received: 16 September 2016
  •  Accepted: 15 February 2017
  •  Published: 31 March 2017

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