Growth Responses of Southwestern Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae Fed Combinations of Whorl Leaf Tissue from a Resistant and a Susceptible Maize Hybrid

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1213-1218

  Davis, F M ^a   Williams, W P ^a   Buckley, P M ^a  

^a CROP SCIENCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatraea grandiosella; Plant resistance; Spodoptera frugiperda; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005005279     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.5.1213     Document Type: Article

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