Resistance to the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata fabricius, and the probable modalities involved in wild/Vigna

Crop Protection

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 753-761

  Jackai, L E N ^a   Padulosi, S ^a   Ng, Q ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

legume pod borer; Maruca vitrata; modalities; resistance identification; wild Vigna

Indexed keywords

MARUCA VITRATA; VIGNA; FABACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; VIGNA OBLONGIFOLIA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA DEKINDTIANA; VIGNA VEXILLATA;

COWPEA; PEST RESISTANCE; POD BORER;

EID: 0030301306     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0261-2194(96)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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