Plant Breeding and Selecting for Insect Resistance
- 1 February 1939
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 32 (1) , 131-134
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/32.1.131
Abstract
The biological control of insects as related to host resistance is a relatively new field of study in which recent development has been rapid. Many insects, especially species that attack field crops which are produced on marginal land, cannot be economically controlled by the use of insecticides. Therefore it is necessary to seek other means. In many cases the most feasible method of control seems to lie in the development of resistant varieties of plants.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Effect of Several Varieties of Sorghum and Other Host Plants on Biology of the Chingh BugJournal of Economic Entomology, 1936
- Alfalfa Plants Resistant to the Pea AphidJournal of Economic Entomology, 1934