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Some field and screenhouse experiments on maize resistance to Chilo partellus under Western Kenya conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Z. T. Dabrowski  and
E. O. Nyangiri
Z. T. Dabrowski
Affiliation:
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
E. O. Nyangiri
Affiliation:
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
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Abstract

The results of five experiments on maize resistance to Chilo partellus, suggest that there are at least five levels of relationships affecting plant colonization, larval survival and damage level: non-acceptance for oviposition shown by Inbred D and G and CIMMYT lines 125, 33, 324 and 178 (s3). Preferred Inbred A was oviposited 2–3 times higher. Feeding of young larval instars on young leaves or leaf sheaths, reduced on CIMMYT lines 324, 125 and 33; concentration of feeding of young larval instars on the upper growing part of plant, extensive on the highly susceptible Inbred A and reduced on all resistant lines tested; penetration of young larval instars into stem, reduced on CIMMYT lines 34 and 125 and Inbred G; and feeding of older larval instars in stem, reduced on CIMMYT lines 324, 178, 125 and Inbred G.

Keywords

MaizeChilo partellusthe spotted stalk-borerstem borersnon-preferencenon-acceptanceantixenosisantibiosistolerancescreening for resistanceoviposition
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Research Articles
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 4 , Special Issue 1-2: Crop-Borers and Emerging Strategies for their Control , June 1983 , pp. 109 - 118
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1983

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