Resistance to the Mexican Rice Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) among Louisiana and Texas Sugarcane Cultivars

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1929-1934

  Reay Jones, F P F ^a   Way, M O ^b   Setamou M ^c   Legendre, B L ^a   Reagan, T E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TX A and M Univ Agric Res E   (United States)

^c TX A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Areawide pest management; Eoreuma loftini; Host plant resistance; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRAMBINAE; EOREUMA LOFTINI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0742323079     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.6.1929     Document Type: Article

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