Bt Corn Grower's Guide

What's topics
are included?
Download the guide (1.9 MB) in .pdf format. French version now available. (3 MB) Get the Adobe Acrobat Reader free.

To address growers' questions and desire for information on Bt corn, A Grower's Handbook For Controlling European Corn Borer With Bt Corn, has been developed by the Canadian Corn Pest Coalition (comprised of grower representatives through OCPA and AGCare; public sector representatives from OMAFRA extension, University of Guelph and AAFC researchers; and seed company agronomy and research personnel). In an attractive and easy-to-read format, this publication provides generic information collectively supported and promoted by all Coalition partners, including all seed companies.
Copies of the Bt corn growers guide will be available through your local seed corn dealer, seed corn company representatives, from OMAFRA personnel and offices, from OCPA, or on the Internet at the OCPA web site (with links from many other sources such as University of Guelph, OMAFRA and seed company web sites).

What is Bt corn, how does the Bt gene work, and how is it put into corn plants?
What is the ECB and what does ECB damage look like?
Why manage ECB?
Rating your risk to ECB damage.
How does ECB resistance to Bt corn develop?
Managing resistance through the high dose/refuge strategy
What are my refuge planting options?
Can other plants be a refuge?
Does Bt corn protection extend into adjacent non-Bt corn?
What are the impacts on natural ECB enemies, and other non-target organisms, such as the Monarch butterfly?



		What's topics are included? Download the guide (1.9 MB) in .pdf format. French version now available. (3 MB) Get the Adobe Acrobat Reader free.
To address growers' questions and desire for information on Bt corn, A Grower's Handbook For Controlling European Corn Borer With Bt Corn, has been developed by the Canadian Corn Pest Coalition (comprised of grower representatives through OCPA and AGCare; public sector representatives from OMAFRA extension, University of Guelph and AAFC researchers; and seed company agronomy and research personnel). In an attractive and easy-to-read format, this publication provides generic information collectively supported and promoted by all Coalition partners, including all seed companies. Copies of the Bt corn growers guide will be available through your local seed corn dealer, seed corn company representatives, from OMAFRA personnel and offices, from OCPA, or on the Internet at the OCPA web site (with links from many other sources such as University of Guelph, OMAFRA and seed company web sites).
	What is Bt corn, how does the Bt gene work, and how is it put into corn plants? What is the ECB and what does ECB damage look like? Why manage ECB? Rating your risk to ECB damage. How does ECB resistance to Bt corn develop? Managing resistance through the high dose/refuge strategy What are my refuge planting options? Can other plants be a refuge? Does Bt corn protection extend into adjacent non-Bt corn? What are the impacts on natural ECB enemies, and other non-target organisms, such as the Monarch butterfly?