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Antixenosis in maize reduces feeding by western corn rootworm larvae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
Journal of economic entomology - 1 Dec 2010
Bernklau E J, Hibbard B E, Bjostad L B
Abstract excerpt
SUM2162 is the first known example of a naturally occurring maize, Zea mays L., genotype with antixenosis (nonpreference) resistance to western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), larval feeding. Behavioral responses of neonate western corn rootworm larvae were evaluated in laboratory bioassays with seven maize genotypes selected for native resistance to rootworm...
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