Plant resistance × environment interaction: Perspectives on yield losses caused by the maize stalk borer, Busseola fusca (Fuller)

South African Journal of Plant and Soil

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 61-66

  van Rensburg, J B J ^a  

^a ARC GRAIN CROPS INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Busseola fusca; Economic threshold; Environmental interaction; Plant resistance

Indexed keywords

INFESTATION LEVEL; MAIZE; MAIZE STALK BORER; PLANT RESISTANCE; YIELD;

BUSSEOLA FUSCA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030437377     PISSN: 02571862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02571862.1996.10634377     Document Type: Article

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