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Genetic diversity of sorghum accessions resistant to greenbugs as assessed with AFLP markers.
Genome - 1 Feb 2006
Wu Y Q, Huang Yinghua, Tauer C G, Porter David R
Abstract excerpt
Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, is the fifth most important cereal crop grown worldwide and the fourth in the United States. Greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani), is a major insect pest of sorghum with several biotypes reported to date. Greenbug biotype I is currently the most prevalent and most virulent on sorghum plants. Breeding for resistance is an effective way to control greenbug damage. A...
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