Citation:

P Israel. 1967. Varietal resistance to rice stem borers in India. Pages 391-403. In: MD Pathak and AA Muka (editors). Major Insect Pests of the Rice Plant. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 729 p. Chapter 21.

Keywords: Oryza sativa, India, host plant resistance, Scirpophaga incertulas, Chilo suppressalis, Sesamia inferens, Chilo (Chilotraea) polychrysus, Sesamia inferens, crop age, time of planting, plant density, fertilizer effect, soil pH, microclimate, morphological resistance, tillering, silica, culm size, culm thickness, lignin