Resistance in maize hybrids and inbreds to first-generation southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella (Dyar) and sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis Fabricius

Crop Protection

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-317

  Kumar, Harish ^a   Mihm, John A ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b RR 2 Box 294   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatraea grandiosella; Diatraea saccharalis; Lepidoptera; Maize; Plant resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000034130     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0261-2194(95)00155-7     Document Type: Article

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