Towards a rapid near-infrared technique for prediction of resistance to sugarcane borer Eldana saccharina walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) using stalk surface wax

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 681-694

  Rutherford, R S ^a   Van Staden, J ^b  

^a S A Sugar Association   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eldana saccharina; Herbivory; Host plant resistance; Lepidoptera; Metabolic profiling; Multiple linear regression; Near infrared; Pyralidae; Sugarcane; Surface wax

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004135296     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02033578     Document Type: Article

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