Improvement of resistance level in selected maize genotypes through cycles of selection against pink borer, Sesamia inferens Walker
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Pink borer (Sesamia spp.) is an important insect pest of maize (Zea mays L.). In India two species of Sesamia viz., S. inferens Walker and S. uniformis Dudgeon are reported [1] S. inferens is predominant throughout the year in the Peninsular India, particularly in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharastra. During rabi season it also causes extensive damage to the maize crop in several northern states like Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Punjab, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, West Bengal and Andaman islands. The adults pink borer lays eggs inside the leaf sheath. The typical symptoms of pink borer damage are gummy oozing with water soaked lesions at the bottom of leaf sheaths, oblong holes in unfolded leaves, drying of central shoots and dead heart in young plants.
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Sekhar, J. C., Rakshit, S., Kumar, P., Venkatesh, S., Sharma, R. K., Anuradha, M., Kumar, R. S., & Dass, S. (2010). Improvement of resistance level in selected maize genotypes through cycles of selection against pink borer, Sesamia inferens Walker. INDIAN JOURNAL OF GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING, 70(02), 204–206. https://doi.org/.
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