Insect colony, planting date, and plant growth stage effects on screening maize for leaf-feeding resistance to fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-328

  Davis, F M ^a   Wiseman, B R ^a,b   Williams, W P ^a   Widstrom, N W ^a,b  

^a CROP SCIENCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

maize hybrids; plant resistance; screening; Spodoptera frugiperda

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0029959873     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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