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SUBMITTER: Jimenez-Galindo JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6796440 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC plant biology 20191017 1
<h4>Background</h4>Corn borers constitute an important pest of maize around the world; in particular Sesamia nonagrioides Lefèbvre, named Mediterranean corn borer (MCB), causes important losses in Southern Europe. Methods of selection can be combined with transgenic approaches to increase the efficiency and durability of the resistance to corn borers. Previous studies of the genetic factors involved in resistance to MCB have been carried out using bi-parental populations that have low resolution ...[more]