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Resistance in sorghum to the shootfly, Atherigona soccata Rondani

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

B. U. Singh  and
B. S. Rana
B. U. Singh
Affiliation:
All India Coordinated Sorghum Improvement Project, IARI-Regional Station, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030 (AP), India
B. S. Rana
Affiliation:
All India Coordinated Sorghum Improvement Project, IARI-Regional Station, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030 (AP), India
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Abstract

The shootfly, Atherigona soccata Rondani, is a major seedling pest of sorghum in many areas of tropical Asia, Africa and Mediterranean Europe. A chronological review of the progress made in various programmes on the screening techniques (natural and artificial) with artificial diets, sources, stability and mechanisms of resistance, bases (physico-morphological and biochemical factors) of resistance, inheritance and breeding for resistance is made. Many resistant varieties have been identified and sources of resistance utilized in breeding programmes to transfer resistance in high yielding background are listed. In addition, the glossy and trichome traits identified is sorghum cultivars are also reported. Glossy leaf surface and trichomes are frequently associated with shootfly resistance.

Résumé

La mouche des pousses, Atherigona soccata Rondani, est un ravageur important des plantules du sorgho dans plusieurs zones de l'Asie tropicale, de l'Afrique et de l'Europe mediterraneenne. L'article fait le point, selon l'ordre chronologique, sur les progrès réalisés dans de divers programmes sur le techniques de criblage (en natural et en artificielles), les diètes artificielles, les sources, stabilitè et mechanismes de résistance, les bases (les facteurs en physico-morphologiques et en biochimiques) de résistance, l'hérédité, et la selection pour la résistance. De nombreuses varietes résistantes out été identifiées. On dresse un inventaire des sources de résistance utilisees dans les programmes de selection pour transférer la résistance dans un milieu de rendements élevés. En outre, sout également cités les traits de surface vernissée et de presence de trichomes, identifiés chez les cultivars de sorgho.

Keywords

Antibiosisartificial dietsAtherigona soccata Rondanibreedinginheritancenon-preferenceresistancescreening techniquesshootflysorghumstabilitytolerancetrichomeAntibioseregime artificialAtherigona soccata Rondanibreedinginheritancenon-préférencerésistancetechniques de contrôleshootflysorghola stabilitetolérancetrichome
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 7 , Issue 5 , October 1986 , pp. 577 - 587
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Copyright © ICIPE 1986

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