Early detection of sources of resistance to the fall armyworm in some tropically-adapted maize varieties in Southern Nigeria

he outbreak of fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, in Nigeria since 2016 had caused serious socio-economic problem to farmers. Twenty maize varieties adapted to the agro-ecologies of Nigeria were evaluated in five environments to identify varieties with resistance to the FAW for possible imp...

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Main Authors: Qudrah Olaitan OLOYEDE-KAMIYO, Oluwakemi Oluwaseyi ODEYEMI
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Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2021-07-01
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/13001
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description he outbreak of fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, in Nigeria since 2016 had caused serious socio-economic problem to farmers. Twenty maize varieties adapted to the agro-ecologies of Nigeria were evaluated in five environments to identify varieties with resistance to the FAW for possible improvement and deployment. The evaluations were under artificial and natural infestation between 2017 and 2018. Data were collected weekly after infestation on severity and incidence of FAW and plant height. All trials were terminated at six weeks after sowing. Varieties SUWAN 1 SR, BR LNTP-Y C6, AMA TZBR-W C4 and TZBR ELD 4 C2 are good sources of resistance to FAW which could be used in improvement program
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spelling doaj-art-4d419a96b04941daa99b667826fa79f72025-08-20T02:05:14ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Agriculturae Slovenica1854-19412021-07-0111721810.14720/aas.2021.117.2.194419393Early detection of sources of resistance to the fall armyworm in some tropically-adapted maize varieties in Southern NigeriaQudrah Olaitan OLOYEDE-KAMIYO0Oluwakemi Oluwaseyi ODEYEMI1Institute of Agric. Research and Training (IAR&T), Obafemi Awolowo University, NigeriaInstitute of Agric. Research and Training, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeriahe outbreak of fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, in Nigeria since 2016 had caused serious socio-economic problem to farmers. Twenty maize varieties adapted to the agro-ecologies of Nigeria were evaluated in five environments to identify varieties with resistance to the FAW for possible improvement and deployment. The evaluations were under artificial and natural infestation between 2017 and 2018. Data were collected weekly after infestation on severity and incidence of FAW and plant height. All trials were terminated at six weeks after sowing. Varieties SUWAN 1 SR, BR LNTP-Y C6, AMA TZBR-W C4 and TZBR ELD 4 C2 are good sources of resistance to FAW which could be used in improvement programhttps://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/13001crop improvementfall armyworminsect infestationmaizepest resistanceafrica
spellingShingle Qudrah Olaitan OLOYEDE-KAMIYO
Oluwakemi Oluwaseyi ODEYEMI
Early detection of sources of resistance to the fall armyworm in some tropically-adapted maize varieties in Southern Nigeria
Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
crop improvement
fall armyworm
insect infestation
maize
pest resistance
africa
title Early detection of sources of resistance to the fall armyworm in some tropically-adapted maize varieties in Southern Nigeria
title_full Early detection of sources of resistance to the fall armyworm in some tropically-adapted maize varieties in Southern Nigeria
title_fullStr Early detection of sources of resistance to the fall armyworm in some tropically-adapted maize varieties in Southern Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Early detection of sources of resistance to the fall armyworm in some tropically-adapted maize varieties in Southern Nigeria
title_short Early detection of sources of resistance to the fall armyworm in some tropically-adapted maize varieties in Southern Nigeria
title_sort early detection of sources of resistance to the fall armyworm in some tropically adapted maize varieties in southern nigeria
topic crop improvement
fall armyworm
insect infestation
maize
pest resistance
africa
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/13001
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