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Methodology for Screening Sorghum Resistance to Storage Pests

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Title Methodology for Screening Sorghum Resistance to Storage Pests
 
Creator Leuschner, K
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description To arsist plant breedrrs in obtaining suitable material for screening sorghum
resistance ro storage insect attack, test grain from a suscepribb varierr [Red
S-I) w a c wed rok'erermlnt the berr com~trnttoncf m t n i d :rial mateni h h
~ p t i wiln ltrmt~oT~n nrrr masrrr o{ IC I! ard2O n Lrre ~nlrrtrrlv lth 10. I.'
i0,25, 30, 35, and 40 10.day.oldhult we1,iL ( ~ ~ t i ~ h tol&uose ] anddth the
same quantines of eggr of rhe grain moth [Sitotroga cerealella). Results are
discussed according to progeny output in relation to infestation leusL and grain
mnrs Combi~tlonso f30 waevilr and 20 g ofgrain, and 40grain moth eggs and
15 g ofgrain are ncommendedfor use in funher resirlance screening
 
Date 1994
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4737/1/CP_1060.pdf
Leuschner, K (1994) Methodology for Screening Sorghum Resistance to Storage Pests. In: Drought-tolerant crops for southern Africa: Proceedings of the SADC/ICRISAT Regional Sorghum and Pearl Millet Workshop, 25-29 July 1994, Gaborone, Botswana.