Simple Summary Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, also known as western corn rootworm (WCR),
is a maize-specific pest that has been a serious threat in Europe since the mid-1990s …

Simple Summary The western corn rootworm is a destructive and mobile insect pest of corn
in North America and Europe. It is difficult to manage, in part because resistance has …

First described from western Kansas, USA, the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera
virgifera, is one of the worst pests of maize. The species is generally thought to be of …

Biological invasions offer unique opportunities to investigate evolutionary dynamics at the
peripheries of expanding populations. Here, we examine genetic patterns associated with …

Many insect pests are long-distance migrants, moving from lower latitudes where they
overwinter to higher latitudes in spring to exploit superabundant, but seasonally ephemeral …

Simple Summary Two beetles that are serious pests of maize, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera
and Diabrotica barberi, have caused problems for farmers in the USA and Europe for many …

In this study, we challenged the hypothesis that admixture may have had a positive impact in
the context of the European invasion of the western corn rootworm (WCR), Diabrotica …

Abstract mCry3A is one of only four proteins licensed for commercial use in Diabrotica
control. Utilizing a colony of western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte …

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is one of the major estate crops in West Papua in terms of total
area and production. Thousand hectares of oil palm plantations in Manokwari, West Papua …

Western corn rootworm (WCR), or Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, became a very
serious quarantine maize pest in Europe in the mid-1990s. Between 1995 and 2010 …