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Population variation of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, in the Western Hemisphere.
Journal of insect science (Online) - 1 Jan 2007
Clark Pete L, Molina-Ochoa Jaime, Martinelli Samuel, Skoda Steven R, Isenhour David J, Lee Donald J, Krumm Jeffrey T, Foster John E
Abstract excerpt
Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), the fall armyworm is the most economically important maize pest in the western hemisphere. This research focused on the genetic variability of the maize host strain because there is a lack of information in this area of S. frugiperda research. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) was used to assess the genetic variability of S. frugiperda over...
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