Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 10:20 AM
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Using molecular markers to characterize insect movement over large spatial scales

Thomas W. Sappington, tsapping@iastate.edu, Kyung Seok Kim, kkim@iastate.edu, and Nicholas J. Miller, nicholas.miller@ARS.USDA.GOV. USDA-ARS, Corn Insects & Crop Genetics Research Unit, Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, Ames, IA



Species 1: Coleoptera Curculionidae Anthonomus grandis grandis (boll weevil)
Species 2: Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (western corn rootworm)
Species 3: Lepidoptera Crambidae Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer)