Identification of multiple ear-colonizing insect and disease resistance in CIMMYT maize inbred lines with varying levels of silk maysin

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1455-1465

  Ni, Xinzhi ^a   Krakowsky, Matthew D ^a   Buntin, G David ^b   Rector, Brian G ^a   Guo, Baozhu ^a   Snook, Maurice E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Common smut; Corn earworm; Husk extension; Maize weevil; Stink bugs

Indexed keywords

CHLOROGENIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSIDE; MAYSIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT; MAIZE; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHLOROGENIC ACID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; GLUCOSIDES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECTS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; ZEA MAYS;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUSCHISTUS SERVUS; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEZARA VIRIDULA; NOCTUIDAE; PENTATOMIDAE; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 50849105407     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1455:IOMEIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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