ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

0522 Simulation model for studying the effect of transgenic plants expressing a maturation-delaying compound on the cowpea weevil and western corn rootworm

Monday, November 14, 2011: 8:15 AM
Room A16, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Jung Koo Kang , Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Barry R. Pittendrigh , Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
David Onstad , Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, IA
We investigate alternative strategies using transgenic plants expressing compounds delaying insect maturation to replace or assist the current strategies using transgenic insecticidal crops by using a mathematical model. We compare the effects of transgenic plants expressing a maturation-delaying compound and/or an insecticidal compound on two major insect pests, such as the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), and western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), and provide guidelines for designing new transgenic plants expressing a compound delaying insect maturation for the two insect pests.

doi: 10.1603/ICE.2016.58044