Brown planthopper (N. lugens Stal) feeding behaviour on rice germplasm as an indicator of resistance.

BACKGROUND: The brown planthopper (BPH) Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) is a serious pest of rice in Asia. Development of novel control strategies can be facilitated by comparison of BPH feeding behaviour on varieties exhibiting natural genetic variation, and then elucidation of the underlying mechanisms...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Bahagia A B Ghaffar, Jeremy Pritchard, Brian Ford-Lloyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3136512?pdf=render