Journal article
Managing the Risk of European Corn Borer Resistance to Bt Corn
Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol.22(4), pp.537-558
08/2002
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019858732103
Abstract
New pesticidal crops are taking advantage of advances in geneticengineering. For example, corn has been engineered to express Bt proteinsthat are toxic to the European corn borer. These crops are effective pestmanagement tools for United States growers. However, there is concern thatpests will develop resistance to these crops resulting in the increased useof more hazardous pesticides. The purpose of this paper is to develop astochastic dynamic bioeconomic simulation model to help guide regulatorypolicy designed to mitigate the threat of resistance to new pesticidal crops.The model is used to evaluate the insect resistance management guidelinesmandated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for theuse of Bt corn in the Midwestern United States.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Managing the Risk of European Corn Borer Resistance to Bt Corn
- Creators
- Terrance Hurley - Department of Applied Economics University of Minnesota 1994 Buford Avenue St. Paul MN 55108-6040 USASilvia Secchi - University of Iowa, Geographical and Sustainability SciencesBruce Babcock - Iowa State University USARichard Hellmich - Iowa State University USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol.22(4), pp.537-558
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers; Dordrecht
- DOI
- 10.1023/A:1019858732103
- ISSN
- 0924-6460
- eISSN
- 1573-1502
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2002
- Academic Unit
- Geographical and Sustainability Sciences; University College Courses; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9983917598802771
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