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Valério,José R.; Jeller,Helma; Peixer,Janice. |
Spittlebugs are the most damaging pasture pests in tropical America where extensive monocultures of Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk have favoured the buildup of spittlebug populations. Under severe spittlebug attack, the entire above-ground portion of the plant appears dry and dead, reducing the stocking rates of damaged pastures. Host plant resistance is a low-cost method of controlling spittlebugs, which farmers can easily adopt. High level of spittlebug resistance is found in the cultivar B. brizantha cv. Marandu, but it requires more fertile soils. A Brachiaria germplasm provided by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and available at the National Center for Beef Cattle Research (CNPGC) has been screened for spittlebug resistance. In... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Insecta; Host plant resistance; Froghopper; Forage grass. |
Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0301-80591997000200023 |
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