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Buffalograss germplasm resistance to Blissus occiduus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae).
Journal of economic entomology - 1 Dec 2004
Gulsen Osman, Heng-Moss Tiffany, Shearman Robert, Baenziger P Stephan, Lee Don, Baxendale Fredick P
Abstract excerpt
Plant germplasm collections may offer genetic variability useful in identifying insect resistance. The goal of this project was to evaluate buffalograss genotypes [Buchloë dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.] for resistance to the chinch bug, Blissus occiduus Barber (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), and to relate resistance to ploidy level, chinch bug number, and pubescence. Forty-eight buffalograss genotypes from diverse...
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