A new methodology for large-scale screening sugarcane resistance to Mahanarva Fimbriolata (Hemiptera: Cercopidae)

ABSTRACT The sugarcane spittlebug, Mahanarva fimbriolata (Walker) (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) is an economically important pest of sugarcane in Brazil. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a greenhouse methodology to screen large sugarcane populations for resistance to spittlebug Mahana...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Hipólito Pabón Valverde, Bruno Oliveira Soares, Adriano Cirino Tomaz, Guilherme Vieira Pimentel, Luiz Alexandre Peternelli, Márcio Henrique Pereira Barbosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Agronômico de Campinas 2018-10-01
Series:Bragantia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87052018005012104&lng=en&tlng=en