NOUN
- larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize
- native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants
How To Use corn borer In A Sentence
- The refuge helps prevent the development of resistance to European corn borer and corn rootworm.
- So, when the corn borer nibbles on the plant, the borer dies.
- Corn borer larval survival depends on several factors.
- Improving maize resistance to corn borer is an economical and effective technique to reduce the yield loss caused by insect damage.
- French also placed pitfall traps to monitor ground beetles on private farms, where some farmers are growing another type of Bt corn to control corn borer pests.
- Researchers place cardboard rings containing red or blue marked corn borer pupae at release sites within cornfields.
- The European corn borer is a common pest in this economically valuable crop.
- ‘We saw no sign of corn borers in milo fields just a few miles away from the infested ones,’ he said.
