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Title: RELEASE OF MAIZE GERMPLASM LINES MO48 AND MO49 WITH RESISTANCE TO EUROPEAN CORN BORER

Author
item Willmot, David
item Hibbard, Bruce
item BARRY, DEAN
item Antonio, Arnulfo
item Darrah, Larry

Submitted to: Germplasm Release
Publication Type: Germplasm Release
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/25/2004
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: This is a germplasm release, no interpretive summary required.

Technical Abstract: Corn (maize) germplasm lines Mo48 and Mo49 are yellow dent inbred lines developed for European corn borer (ECB) resistance by the Plant Genetics Research Unit of the USDA-ARS in cooperation with the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri-Columbia. European corn borers continue to cause economic losses by tunneling into stalks, shanks, and ears; disrupting growth; and introducing rotting organisms which results in lodged plants and ears. These lines contain diverse sources of resistance to this important economic pest and offer a source of native-plant, non-transgenic germplasm for breeders to incorporate into commercial corn.