Field screening of experimental corn hybrids and inbred lines for multiple ear-feeding insect resistance

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1704-1713

  Ni, Xinzhi ^a   Xu, Wenwei ^b   Krakowsky, Matthew D ^a   Buntin, G David ^c   Brown, Steve L ^c   Lee, R Dewey ^d   Coy, Anton E ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicoverpa zea; Husk extension; Silk feeding bioassay; Sitophilus zeamais; Stink bugs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HETEROPTERA; HYBRIDIZATION; INBREEDING; MAIZE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HETEROPTERA; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INBREEDING; MOTHS; WEEVILS; ZEA MAYS;

EUSCHISTUS SERVUS; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; NEZARA VIRIDULA; PENTATOMIDAE; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35648970567     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1704:FSOECH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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