Treatments Clay Center Concord Mead 80 days 90 days 80 days 90 days 80 days 90 daysns Cry1Ab 2.08 ± 0.19a 1.09 ± 0.16b 0.34 ± 0.03a 0.53 ± 0.13ab 2.18 ± 0.27a 0.78 ± 0.13 CP4 EPSPS Maize 2.00 ± 0.31a 1.88 ± 0.04a 0.19 ± 0.05ab 0.44 ± 0.14ab 2.85 ± 0.44a 0.75 ± 0.19 Pounce® 1.5G 0.85 ± 0.22b 1.00 ± 0.12b 0.09 ± 0.024b 0.23 ± 0.06b 1.29 ± 0.27c 0.51 ± 0.19 Capture® 2 EC 2.54 ± 0.36a 1.88 ± 0.08a 0.30 ± 0.07ab 0.74 ± 0.11a 3.33 ± 0.09a 0.91 ± 0.17 Cry1Ab x Cry3Bb1 2.30 ± 0.15a 1.71 ± 0.04a 0.34 ± 0.07a 0.49 ± 0.12ab 2.70 ± 0.38a 0.74 ± 0.04 Conventional Maize 1.94 ± 0.17a 1.63 ± 0.19a 0.29 ± 0.08ab 0.51 ± 0.04ab 2.84 ± 0.19a 0.73 ± 0.07 Means within a column followed by the same letter are not statistically different from each other (SNK, P = 0.05). Ns = not significant. Pounce® 1.5G and Capture® 2 EC was applied on CP4 EPSPS maize.

Table 3: Abundance of O. insidiosus (mean ± S E) in BT transgenic maize hybrids and non transgenic insecticide treated and non-treated hybrid s at C lay Center, Concord, and Mead in Nebraska during the 2008 cropping season using a visual observation sampling technique.