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The maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais Motsch. is an important pest of maize that attacks the grain both in the field and during storage. The damage caused by the maize weevil S. zeamais on maize landraces, Amarelo Antigo, Asteca, Caiano, Carioca, and Ferrinho, was evaluated by no-choice tests under laboratory conditions. The commercial varieties Sol da Manhã, BR 106, BR 451, and the synthetics PC 0203 and PC 9903 were evaluated for comparisons with the maize landraces. The parameters evaluated were susceptibility index, number of weevil progeny, development time, weevil progeny dry weight, and grain dry weight loss. The landraces were more susceptible to the maize weevil as compared to the commercial varieties. Based on the cluster analysis, two groups of susceptibility to the maize weevil were observed: one of more susceptible populations formed by local landraces and BR 451, and another less susceptible, with commercial varieties, synthetics, and the landrace Amarelo.
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We thank Dr. Antonio Carlos Gerage for providing seeds of the synthetic maize varieties and Dr. Flavio Moscardi for his critical review of an early version of the manuscript.
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Mikami, A.Y., Carpentieri-Pípolo, V. & Ventura, M.U. Resistance of Maize Landraces to the Maize Weevil Sitophilus zeamais Motsch. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Neotrop Entomol 41, 404–408 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-012-0054-8
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