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1 December 2007 Resistance to Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Euxesta stigmatias (Diptera: Ulidiidae) in Sweet Corn Derived from Exogenous and Endogenous Genetic Systems
G. S. Nuessly, B. T. Scully, M. G. Hentz, R. Beiriger, M. E. Snook, N. W. Widstrom
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Field trials using Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Euxesta stigmatias Loew (Diptera: Ulidiidae) were conducted to evaluate resistance and potential damage interactions between these two primary corn, Zea mays L., pests against Lepidoptera-resistant corn varieties derived from both endogenous and exogenous sources. The endogenous source of resistance was maysin, a C-glycosyl flavone produced in high concentrations in varieties ‘Zapalote Chico 2451′ and ‘Zapalote Chico sh2’. The exogenous resistance source was the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)11 gene that expresses CryIA(b) insecticidal protein found in ‘Attribute GSS-0966′. Damage by the two pests was compared among these resistant varieties and the susceptible ‘Primetime’. Single-species tests determined that the Zapalote Chico varieties and GSS-0966 effectively reduced S. frugiperda larval damage compared with Primetime. E. stigmatias larval damage was less in the Zapalote Chico varieties than the other varieties in single-species tests. E. stigmatias damage was greater on S. frugiperda-infested versus S. frugiperda-excluded ears. Ears with S. frugiperda damage to husk, silk and kernels had greater E. stigmatias damage than ears with less S. frugiperda damage. Reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of nonpollinated corn silk collected from field plots determined that isoorientin, maysin, and apimaysin plus 3′-methoxymaysin concentrations followed the order Zapalote Chico sh2 > Zapalote Chico 2451 > Attribute GSS-0966 = Primetime. Chlorogenic acid concentrations were greatest in Zapalote Chico 2451. The two high maysin Zapalote Chico varieties did as well against fall armyworm as the Bt-enhanced GSS-0966, and they outperformed GSS-0966 against E. stigmatias.

G. S. Nuessly, B. T. Scully, M. G. Hentz, R. Beiriger, M. E. Snook, and N. W. Widstrom "Resistance to Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Euxesta stigmatias (Diptera: Ulidiidae) in Sweet Corn Derived from Exogenous and Endogenous Genetic Systems," Journal of Economic Entomology 100(6), 1887-1895, (1 December 2007). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1887:RTSFLN]2.0.CO;2
Received: 10 November 2005; Accepted: 15 August 2007; Published: 1 December 2007
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KEYWORDS
fall armyworm
maysin
Primetime
Zapalote Chico
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