Sorghum Germplasm Tolerant to Greenbug (Homoptera: Aphididae) Feeding Damage as Measured by Reduced Chlorophyll Loss

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 108-115

  Girma, Melaku ^a,b   Kofoid, Kenneth D ^a,c   Reese, John C ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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