Effects of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis corn-fed prey on mortality and development time of immature Chrysoperla cornea (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)
Abstract: Laboratory feeding experiments using transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis variety kurstaki(Berliner) corn plants have been carried out to study the effects of B. thuringiensis -fed herbivores (i.e., prey), on the predator Chrysoperla carnea Stephens. Host plants were a transgenic B. thuringiensis -expressing (CrylAb) corn hybrid and the corresponding untransformed, B. thuringiensis -free corn hybrid. Two different …