Publication Type
Journal Article
Journal Name
Applied Entomology and Zoology
Publication Date
1-1-1986
Abstract
The effect of resistant and susceptible maize lines on behaviour and establishment of the neonate Chilo partellus larva was studied. Larval behaviour was categorized according to plant acceptability. More larvae showed a higher acceptance for the susceptible Inbred A than the resistant Inbred G and ICZ2-CM lines. Larval behaviour suggested that certain conditioning stimuli were central to larval acceptance or rejection of the plant on which eggs were laid. Other stimuli guide larvae to the whorls where feeding usually commences. Analyses of plant surface extracts suggested that different chemical characteristics played a certain role in larval acceptance of these plants. Implications of the possible use of such characteristics as indices in the selection of maize material resistant to Chilo partellus are discussed. © 1986, JAPANESE SOCIETY OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY. All rights reserved.
Recommended Citation
Ampofo, J., & Nyangiri, E. (1986). Maize Resistance to Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): Behaviour of Newly Hatched Larvae and Movement from Oviposition Sites to Feeding Sites. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 21 (2), 269-276. https://doi.org/10.1303/aez.21.269