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Mitigation of Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) by Maize Varietal Selection

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Maize parent material was assessed by the resistance of its root system to plucking. Highly productive hybrids created from this base were used to identify advanced hybrids that are most tolerant to infestation by western corn rootworm.

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  1. Bukovyna Institute AIP of Ukraine, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

    Y. Zaplitnyy, I. Mykulyak, M. Linska & T. Karp

  2. SRPQS PPI NAAS of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

    Taras Matskiv & A. Metelska

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Correspondence to Y. Zaplitnyy .

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Zaplitnyy, Y., Mykulyak, I., Linska, M., Karp, T., Matskiv, T., Metelska, A. (2014). Mitigation of Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) by Maize Varietal Selection. In: Dent, D. (eds) Soil as World Heritage. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6187-2_46

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