Determination of mechanisms of host plant resistance to the Banks grass mite Oligonychus pratensis (Banks) (Acari: Tetranychidae) in selected maize inbreds /

Maize lines selected for resistance to the Banks Grass Mite were tested to determine which mechanisms of resistance were being expressed: Antibiosis, Nonpreference, or Tolerance. Inbred 3 and, to a lesser degree Inbred 2, expressed antibiosis when compared with Mo17, the susceptible check. None of t...

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Main Author:	Krakowsky, Matthew David
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1999.
Subjects:	Major plant breeding.
Online Access:	Link to OAKTrust copy