Corn Rootworm (CRW) Bt technologies have been in the market since 2003 and have provided significant value to growers. However, these various Bt proteins are represented by only several modes of action (MOA) thereby increasing the risk for resistance development. The use of dsRNA to control CRW represents a new MOA, that when combined with existing Bt technologies, should not only increase overall CRW control, but increase durability as well. This presentation will describe research that characterized the IRM potential of DvSnf7 dsRNA (including resistance selection) that will be stacked with Bt Cry3Bb1 and Cry34/35 to produce SmartStax PRO, the first commercial product controlling insects using dsRNA

SmartStax®PRO: The first commercial transgenic crop expressing insecticidal dsRNA to control corn rootworm

256th National Meeting (2018)

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