Hemicellulose is an important leaf-feeding resistance factor in corn to the fall armyworm

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1655-1668

  Hedin, Paul A ^a   Davis, Frank M ^a   Williams, W Paul ^a   Hicks, Rickey P ^b   Fisher, Thomas H ^b  

^a CROP SCIENCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; fall armywork; feeding resistance; hemicellulose; Lepidoptera; Spodoptera fragiperda (J.E. Smith); Zea mays (L.)

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029858139     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02272405     Document Type: Article

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