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1 June 2009 Relationship between Chemical and Physical Parameters of Maize Varieties and Susceptibility to Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Mario Onofre Cortez-Rocha, José Luis Ríos-Soto, Reyna Isabel Sánchez-Mariñez, Francisco Javier Wong-Corral, Armando Burgos-Hernández, Jesús Borboa-Flores, Josue Leos-Martínez
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Abstract

Fourteen varieties of maize were analyzed for physical and chemical characteristics to study their relationship with susceptibility to maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky). Free-choice and no-choice tests were carried out at 27°C and 70% relative humidity. The susceptibility of maize varieties to attack by maize weevil was not related to grain hardness nor chemical composition. Insects selected softer and harder varieties for oviposition. The number of damaged grains was positively correlated with insect emergence. Germination was less in varieties susceptible to the insect. No α-amylase inhibitors were detected in the maize varieties.

Mario Onofre Cortez-Rocha, José Luis Ríos-Soto, Reyna Isabel Sánchez-Mariñez, Francisco Javier Wong-Corral, Armando Burgos-Hernández, Jesús Borboa-Flores, and Josue Leos-Martínez "Relationship between Chemical and Physical Parameters of Maize Varieties and Susceptibility to Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)," Southwestern Entomologist 34(2), 159-166, (1 June 2009). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.034.0206
Published: 1 June 2009
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