Citation:

WD Guthrie. 1980. Breeding for resistance to insects in corn. Pages 290-302. In: Biology and Breeding for Resistance to Arthropods and Pathogens in Agricultural Plants. MK Harris (editor). The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, Texas and University of California, Agency for International Development, Pest Management Project, Berkeley CA USA, 605 pages.

Keywords: Zea mays, plant breeding, corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis, O. furnacalis, Chilo partellus, Sesamia calamistis, Brusseola fusca, Eldana saccharina, Spodoptera exempta, Cicadulina, Spodoptera frugiperda, Dalbulus, Heliothis, Diabrotica, Rhopalosiphum maidis, Sitophilus, Sitotroga cerealella, insect plant interaction, insect rearing method, infestation techniques, evaluating plants damaged by corn insects, genetics and breeding for corn insect resistance, chemical basis of resistance, sheath collar feeding