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Microbial control of insect pests of corn

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Hybrid field corn, open-pollinated flint, popcorn, and sweet corn are grown on every continent, except Antarctica. Six nations (USA, China, Brazil, Mexico, France, and Argentina) produce 75% of the worlds corn supply. The USA alone accounts for 39% of the total with the majority of production occurring in the Corn Belt stretching from Nebraska to Ohio. Most corn is grown for grain and used for animal feed and human food. In 2004, 27.6 million bushels of grain was produced worldwide.

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  1. USDA-ARS, Corn Insects & Crop Genetics Research Unit, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA

    Leslie C. Lewis

  2. Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Corvallis, OR, 97330, USA

    Denny J. Bruck

  3. Pioneer Hybrid International, South Dakota Research Center, Brookings, SD, 57006, USA

    Jan J. Jackson

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Lewis, L.C., Bruck, D.J., Jackson, J.J. (2007). Microbial control of insect pests of corn. In: Lacey, L.A., Kaya, H.K. (eds) Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5933-9_17

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