TY  - PRO
AU  - Barry,B.D.
AU  - Darrah,L.L.
AU  - Mihm,J.A.
ED  - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico DF (Mexico)
TI  - Development of germplasm with resistance to the European corn borer
SN  - 968-6923-79-9
U1  - 633.153 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Mexico, DF (Mexico)
PB  - CIMMYT
KW  - Breeding methods
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Germplasm
KW  - Hosts
KW  - Injurious factors
KW  - Ostrinia nubilalis
KW  - Pest insects
KW  - Selection
KW  - Zea mays
KW  - CIMMYT
N2  - The European corn borer (ECB), Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner), is a primary economic pest of maize, Zea mays (L.), in the United States. It was introduced into this country from Europe prior to 1917 when it was first described as a maize pest. Host-plant resistance studies began in the United States during the 1920s. Considerable progress in developing maize cultivars with first-generation ECB resistance was made by the 1950s when several inbreds with resistance to first-generation ECB were available. Due to lack of domestic resistant germplasm and the intensive labor required for identification of second-generation ECB resistance, few resistant cultivars were identified. However, with more emphasis placed on second-generation ECB resistance, it has been successfully identified by Missouri and Iowa scientists and levels enhanced by recurrent selection. In Missouri, germplasms Mo-2ECB and Mo-2ECB-2 and inbreds Mo45, Mo46, and Mo47 have been released as sources of resistance to both generations of ECB
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