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Title: Maize resistance to the lesser cornstalk borer and fall armyworm in Brazil.
Authors: VIANA, P. A.
GUIMARAES, P. E. O.
Affiliation: PAULO AFONSO VIANA, CNPMS; PAULO EVARISTO DE O GUIMARAES, CNPMS.
Date Issued: 1997
Citation: In: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INSECT RESISTANT MAIZE: recent advances and utilization, 1994, Mexico. Proceedings.. Mexico: CIMMYT, 1997. p. 112-116
Description: Maize, Zea mays, is an important cereal crop in Brazil, It is extensively grown throughout the country for food grain, feed, and fodder purposes. Among many factors, insects pests play a major role in limiting maize yields. The lesser cornstalk borer (LCB) and the fall armyworm (FAW) have been considered the most important field pests, being key pests in many of the areas where the crop is grown. The FAW and the LCB have been reared at EMBRAPA/CNPMS to undertake artificaial infestation for large-scale studies, including screeening for resistance. Several genetic materials were selected for resistance. Sources of resistance such as CMS 23 and cms 24 to FAW, CMS 15 and CMS 454 to LCB are being used in breeding for resistance. The resistance mechanisms to FAWwere studied on four selected maize genotypes. Larvae reared on CMS 14C required longer to develop to the pupal and adult stages and had reduced larval nad pupal weights. The genotypes Zapalote Chico had fewer larvae feeding on leaf sections than other genotypes tested. The analysis of a diallel cross indicated that gene action condicioning resistance to the FAW appears to be due to additive and non-additive effects.
Thesagro: Elasmopalpus Lignosellus
Entomologia
Milho
Praga
Resistência
Spodoptera Frugiperda
Zea Mays
NAL Thesaurus: Brazil
entomology
Keywords: Lagarta-do-cartucho
Brasil
Maize
Pest
Resistance
Fall armyworm
Lesser cornstalk borer
Type of Material: Artigo em anais e proceedings
Access: openAccess
Appears in Collections:Artigo em anais de congresso (CNPMS)

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