Specific insects targeted by CRYMAX include cabbage looper, European corn borer, beet armyworm, bagworm, tent caterpillars, cankerworms, gypsy moth, and tussock moth. |
Robert Meagher for the collection of the Bt susceptible strain of the fall armyworm, which was used to determine the baseline survival of the insect. |
They also tested promising strains against the beet armyworm, black cutworm, cabbage looper, and imported cabbageworm. |
One version of the toxin protects against a range of caterpillars, including the European corn borer, the cotton bollworm and the beet armyworm. |
The armyworm probably does not overwinter in Nebraska, but reinvades the northern part of its range each spring. |
The life cycle of the fall armyworm is similar to those of the corn earworm and armyworm. |