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Breeding for Host Plant Resistance to Maize Stem-Borers

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Abstract

The information available on the genetics, breeding, and utilization of host plant resistance to 14 of the most important species of maize stem-borers complex, their biology, and the damage done to the crop is presented.

The components necessary for implementing a programme for breeding for resistance to stem-borers in maize include: a colony of the pest(s), the capability to mass rear them, uniform artificial infestation methods, an array of the available maize germplasm or related species, rating scales and evaluation methods that permit identification of genetic resistance, knowledge of screening and breeding methods, and the personnel and resources to execute the programme.

The paper having emphasized the importance of each component, concludes with a discussion of several HPR programmes and the breeding methods being used in various areas of the world, to develop and utilize resistance to one or more maize pests, as a proven method for gaining increased management control over these pests.

Résumé

L’information disponible concernant la génétique, la sélection et l’utilisation de plantes hotes resistantes à 14 des plus importantes especes de larves mineuses de la tige de maïs est résumée. On passe en revue l’information concernant complexe parasite larves mineuses, leur biologies, et les dégats quélles causent aux cultures.

Les composantes indispensables à la mise en oeuvre d’un programme de sélection pour la résistance aus larves mineuses chez le maïs sont les suivantes: avoir une (ou des) colonie de parasites, la possibilite de le (ou les) élever en grande quantité, une méthode d’infestation uniforme, une gamme représentant le matériel génétique despondible pour cette plante voire des espéces apparentées, une échelle de notation et d’évaluation qui permet de mettre en évidence des résistances de type génétique, une connaissance des méthodes et des cribles de sélection, le personnel et les fonds pour une bonne éxecution du programme.

Cet article, après avoir détaillé l’importance de chacunes de ces composantes, conclut par une discussion sur les differents programmes de sélection de plantes hotes résistantes et sur les méthodes utilisées de part le monde, programmes qui développent et utilisent la résistance génétique comme partie intégrante de la lutte contre ces parasites.

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Mihm, J.A. Breeding for Host Plant Resistance to Maize Stem-Borers. Int J Trop Insect Sci 6, 369–377 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400004653

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