Variation in resistance of Mexican landr
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J. T. Arnason; B. Baum; J. Gale; J. D. H. Lambert; D. Bergvinson; B. J. R. Philo
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Article
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1994
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Springer
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English
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Accessions representing twenty eight landraces of maize were assessed for susceptibility to the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais in standardized resistance tests. Susceptibility parameters such as weight loss of grain, number of insect progeny produced, the Dobie index of susceptibility, and oviposi