Resistance of early generation maize inbred lines and their hybrids to maize weevil [sitophilus zeamais (motschulsky)]

Crop Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1310-1317

  Dari, Shorai ^a   Pixley, Kevin V ^b   Setimela, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CIMMYT   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURCULIONIDAE; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77953940467     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.10.0621     Document Type: Article

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