Screening for new sources of resistance to Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) infestation in stored maize genotypes

Screening for new sources of resistance to Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) infestation in stored maize genotypes

New sources of maize resistance to the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais infestation are indispensable in successful breeding programs against post harvest grain damage. The study investigated the characters and mechanisms that confer resistance to weevil infestation using twenty elite maize genotype...

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Main Authors: Luke Chinaru Nwosu, Chris Olukayode Adedire, Emmanuel Oludele Ogunwolu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tarbiat Modares 2015-09-01
Series:Journal of Crop Protection
Subjects:
sitophilus zeamais
maize
resistance
antibiosis
antixenosis
Online Access:http://jcp.modares.ac.ir/article-3-10469-en.html

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