Resistance of maize varieties to the maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais (Motsch.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5937-5943

  Abebe, Fikremariam ^a   Tefera, Tadele ^b   Mugo, Stephen ^b   Beyene, Yoseph ^b   Vidal, Stefan ^c  

^a Ministry of Agriculture Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grain damage; Maize; Resistant variety; Sitophilus zeamais; Susceptibility index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTIVAR; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT SEED; PROGENY; PROTEIN CONTENT; SEED WEIGHT; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; WEEVIL;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 71649101916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb09.821     Document Type: Article

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