flashMOOCs: How to fight the Western Corn Rootworm
Channel: Universität Bern
Date: 2019-07-12

Insect Pest Control Explained!
For the interactive version of this video go to: https://www.flashmoocs.unibe.ch .

Learn about how to fight insect pests such as the western corn rootworm with the latest discovieries from plant science. This video is indispensable for farming and growing corn / maize.

Each year, insect pests consume enough crops to feed 600 million people. Taking the corn rootworm as an example, discover which strategies are in place to control pests, their advantages and disadvantages, and the role that basic research has to play in developing new, sustainable strategies.

In this explanatory video from the flashMOOCS video series, you can learn all about the major strategies to fight insect pests such as the western corn rootworm.


The flashMOOCs video series of the University of Bern provides you with attractive learning content on current scientific and social topics. Learn more at: https://www.flashmoocs.unibe.ch .

This video from the University of Bern (author: Matthias Erb) is licensed under Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/