Field screening of wild introgressed rice lines for resistance to yellow stem borer, Scirpophaga incertulas W.

Rice yellow stem borer (Scirpophaga incertulas W), a monophagous pest, is the most destructive pest causing 3 to 95% yield losses in India. Though it accounts for 50 per cent of insecticides used in rice fields, their typical internal feeding behaviour necessitates other management options. In the...

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Main Authors: S.J. Reuolin, R.P. Soundararajan and, P. Jeyaprakash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indian Society of Plant Breeders 2019-06-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding
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Online Access:http://ejplantbreeding.org/index.php/EJPB/article/view/3241