Starks, K.J. and Casady, A.J. and Merkle, O.G. and Boozaya-Angoon, D. (1982) Chinch bug resistance in pearl millet. Journal of Economic Entomology, 75 (2). pp. 337-339.
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Abstract
Field and greenhouse studies were carried out in Oklahoma in 1978-80 to examine the mechanism and inheritance of resistance in entries of pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum) to Blissus leucopterus leucopterus (Say), a serious pest of grain crops in eastern parts of the Great Plains. Damage ratings showed that 38 of 200 entries from the experimental population MXPI(S)C2 had relatively high levels of resistance. The mechanism was probably tolerance, since lygaeid numbers on entries did not differ significantly. Small F2 populations segregated for a single dominant gene. The same gene for resistance was probably present in the resistant lines, but the origins of the source was unknown since the original stock that was used to develop the population was not tested
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Plant Science Facility, ARS, USDA, PO Box 1029, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74076, USA. |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection |
| Divisions: | Millet |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2012 05:22 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2012 05:22 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/6884 |
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