Question

female of maize shoot fly lays _ eggs​

Answer 1

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• Shoot fly females may lay eggs on non-preferred cultivars only after depositing several eggs on the seedlings of susceptible cultivars. The plant height was observed to be significantly correlated with % plants oviposited, no. of eggs, and % deadheart; but not with oviposition days, weight of maggot, no.