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Belowground resistance to western corn rootworm in lepidopteran-resistant maize genotypes.
Journal of economic entomology - 1 Feb 2011
Gill Torrence A, Sandoya German, Williams Paul, Luthe Dawn S
Abstract excerpt
Several maize, Zea mays L., inbred lines developed from an Antiguan maize population have been shown to exhibit resistance to numerous aboveground lepidopteran pests. This study shows that these genotypes are able to significantly reduce the survival of two root feeding pests, western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, and southern corn rootworm, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber. The...
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