Plant resistance is a promising control method for the two most damaging insect pests of maize, Zea mays L.: the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), and the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte. Fifteen experimental lines of maize, derived from a backcross breeding program designed to introgress resistance to European corn borer from Peruvian maize into tw...

Cues that elicit a characteristic localized search behavior by neonate larvae of the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), were extracted from living corn, Zea mays L., roots with acetone. Larvae were exposed to corn roots or to an acetone extract of corn roots and then transferred into a bioassay arena where their movements were tracked and ...

Sweet corn (Zea mays L.) is a grain harvested before maturity and consumed as vegetable. An optimal supply chain, to preserve sugars antioxidant (AO) capacity essential maintain quality of sweet corn. The choice packaging film plays an role, especially in products with high respiration rate such grown on commercial farm Senegal was sampled at the harvest day, UK arrival date following 12-14 d s...

Corn is a food commodity that widely cultivated in Bumi Beringin Village. To get high corn production, it necessary to utilize optimal production factors. This study aims determine the effect of land area, number seeds, amount fertilizer, and workers on maize (Zea mays L), correlation between farming Village, North Luwuk District. research was carried out from March May 2021. The respondents' d...

In New York, the primary coccinellid in corn and sweet corn (Zea mays, L.) has historically beenColeomegillamaculata (DeGeer).However,Harmonia axyridis (Pallas)has alsobeen observed the last few years. The objectives of this study were to document the level of establishment of both species in corn and sweet corn and to understand their interactions. The temporal and within-plant distributions o...