which characters of maize plant provide resistant to Maize stem borer based
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high aspartic acid, low nitrogen, sugar content are the required characters
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Maize stem borers are one of most economically important insect pests, destroying 7% of the maize world crop annually. They belong to two Lepidotera families, Crambidae and Noctuidae. Every stage of the plant is susceptible of stem borer attack; however stem borers are characterized by spending the majority of their life cycle hidden within the stalk, feeding mostly on the pith. This chapter will review the maize morphologic and structural characteristics, besides toxin, repellent and attractant compounds, contributing to maize natural resistance to stem borers
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