What We Do
Field Research
DM Crop offers highly productive research sites as well as sites established specifically for efficacy testing against major corn and soybean pests.
Insect Resistance Monitoring Collections (U.S. and Canada)
Field Trials of Agronomic Crops
- Insect efficacy
- Plant disease efficacy
- Soybean cyst nematode efficacy
- Seed treatment evaluations
- Herbicide tolerance
- Yield trialsSeed Increases
- Hand pollinated corn nurseries
- Soybean increases
- Other oil and small grain cropsSpecial Projects
- Coordination of multi-site research projects
- Plant nutrition/fertilizers
- Technology development
- Demonstration plots
- Expression studies
- Plant and soil sample collections
Laboratory Research
DM Crop facilities are designed to provide small scale insect production and laboratory assays of plant feeding insects.
Insect Assays
- Discovery and resistance monitoring
- Leaf feeding assays (Leps)
- Diet bioassays (Leps and Corn Rootworm)
- Whole plant assays (Leps, Corn Rootworm, Hemipterans)Research-scale insect population maintenance and egg production
- Species currently available: Western Corn Rootworm, Fall Armyworm
Consulting
With 20 years of experience, DM Crop can help clients develop efficient R&D processes that meet regulatory and stewardship requirements.
Experimental Design
Protocol Development
Field Release Permits