Presentations
T11
Pest Management
Tue, Dec 19, 2023
11:00am to 11:50am
T4
Pest Management
Tue, Dec 19, 2023
4:00pm to 4:50pm
The Economics and Efficacy of Bt-RW Corn: After 20 Years, What Have We Learned?
Corn rootworms have long been the key pest of corn in Indiana and throughout the corn belt. Bt hybrids targeting this pest complex were first introduced in 2004 and have been rapidly and almost completely adopted by producers. This presentation focuses on measuring how these traits have fared in the years since, and how pest pressures have changed and evolved in response to continuous Bt corn use.
Speaker

Christian Krupke
Christian Krupke is a professor in the Dept of Entomology at Purdue University. He completed his doctoral degree in entomology at Washington State University in 2004, and since 2005 has worked at Purdue with responsibilities in insect pest management in field crops (i.e. corn, soybeans, wheat and other small grains), where he leads active applied research and extension programs. Dr. Krupke also teaches a graduate level course in Integrated Pest Management (IPM). His research has focused upon elucidating the strengths and weaknesses of the primary pest management approaches used in corn and soybeans, with special focus upon Bt corn and neonicotinoid seed treatments of corn and soybeans. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts and given dozens of talks on these subjects to fellow researchers, members of USDA, EPA, USFWS, and a range of stakeholder groups including growers of these commodities, beekeepers, and a wide range of conservation organizations.