Soil silicon amendments increase resistance of sugarcane to stalk borer Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) under field conditions

Plant and Soil

Volumn 363, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 297-318

  Keeping, Malcolm G ^a,b   Meyer, Jan H ^c   Sewpersad, Chandani ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN SUGARCANE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Calmasil; Cultivar resistance; Plant silica; Silicon materials; Slagment; Stalk borer damage

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; MOTH; PLANTATION; SILICATE; SILICON; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL TYPE; SUCROSE; SUGAR CANE;

ELDANA SACCHARINA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPAIPEMA NEBRIS; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 84872612742     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1325-1     Document Type: Article

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