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2007-03-30 | permalink
GE corn helps U.S: farmers to grow corn after corn
he current high demand and market value of corn makes continuous corn attractive to producers, but it will also attract more rootworm pressure than usual, a South Dakota State University specialist warned. SDSU Extension Entomologist Mike Catangui said in fields seeded to continuous corn, rootworms have a continuous food supply, resulting in the buildup of rootworm infestations of cornfields over several years.
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2007-03-30 | permalink
GE corn helps U.S: farmers to grow corn after corn
he current high demand and market value of corn makes continuous corn attractive to producers, but it will also attract more rootworm pressure than usual, a South Dakota State University specialist warned. SDSU Extension Entomologist Mike Catangui said in fields seeded to continuous corn, rootworms have a continuous food supply, resulting in the buildup of rootworm infestations of cornfields over several years.
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