Evaluation of conventional resistance to European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in experimental maize lines developed from a backcross breeding program

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1814-1821

  Abel, Craig A ^a   Berhow, Mark A ^a,b   Wilson, Richard L ^a,c   Binder, Bradley F ^a,c   Hibbard, Bruce E ^a,d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 dihydroxy 7 methoxy 1,4 benzoxazin 3 one; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; Ostrinia nubilalis; Peruvian maize; Plant resistance; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CROSS BREEDING; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; INSECT CONTROL; LEPIDOPTERA; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; INBREEDING; INSECT CONTROL; LEPIDOPTERA; OVIPOSITION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034565668     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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