1972•Annals of the Entomological Society of AmericaRequires access
Backcrossing to Increase Survival of Larvae of a Laboratory Culture of the European Corn Borer1 on Field Corn2
W. D. Guthrie, S. W. Carter
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Abstract
Larvae of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), reared continuously on a meridic diet lost their ability to survive on a susceptible inbred line of dent corn, but survival equal to that of wild borers could be recovered by 1 backcross to the wild parent. The trait is therefore genetically controlled.