Prospecting of popcorn hybrids for resistance to fall armyworm

Prospecting of popcorn hybrids for resistance to fall armyworm.

The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is the pest that causes the greatest economic losses for both common corn and popcorn crops, and the use of resistant plant genotypes is an important tool for integrated pest management. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the damage caused by S. frugiperda on single-cross popcorn hybrids under field conditions with natural infestation as well...

Fall Armyworm (lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Resistance in Texas Bluegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass, and Their Hybrids ( Poa Spp.)

The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a destructive pest of many species of both C3 and C4 (cooland warm-season) turfgrass. No-choice experiments were conducted to evaluate 13 turfgrass genotypes of various Poa spp. for susceptibility or resistance to the fall armyworm. All 13 genotypes, including 8 Texas bluegrass ( Poa arachnifera Torr.), 2 Kentuck...

Modeling seasonal migration of fall armyworm moths.

Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), is a highly mobile insect pest of a wide range of host crops. However, this pest of tropical origin cannot survive extended periods of freezing temperature but must migrate northward each spring if it is to re-infest cropping areas in temperate regions. The northward limit of the winter-breeding region for North America extends to southern regi...

Quantitative Trait Loci Conferring Resistance to Fall Armyworm and Southwestern Corn Borer Leaf Feeding Damage

ern corn borer resistance. Few plant breeders have access to insect rearing facilities, which are necessary to Southwestern corn borer (Diatraea grandiosella Dyar) and fall maximize selection efficiency. Negative traits tend to armyworm [Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)] damage ratings were measured on an F2-derived maize (Zea mays L.) population segregatmask genetic gains in resistance at ea...

Evaluation of popcorn germplasm for resistance to pink stem borer