The status of maize insect pests and the role of host plant resistance in Thailand

• Main Author: Jamornmarn, S. (Kasetsart University, Bangkok (Thailand). Department of Entomology)
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Mexico, DF (Mexico) CIMMYT 1989
• Subjects: HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HOTE; HUESPEDES; INSECTE NUISIBLE; INSECTOS DANINOS; MYTHIMNA; OSTRINIA FURNACALIS; PATANGA; RESISTANCE AUX ORGANISMES NUISIBLES; RESISTENCIA A LAS PLAGAS; RHOPALOSIPHUM MAIDIS; SPODOPTERA LITURA; TAILANDIA; THAILANDE; ZEA MAYS

The maize stem borer, Ostrinia furnacalis Guenee; the corn earworm, Heliothis armigera Hubner; cutworms including Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth) and Spodoptera litura F.; grasshoppers, principally Patanga succincta L; and the corn leaf aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis Fitch, are the most damaging among...