Tob. Sci., 1971, 15-11, p. 32-34, ISSN.0082-4623
Survey of resistance among Nicotiana species to tobacco hornworm and budworm larvae
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Oxford, North Carolina USA; Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina USA; Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Oxford, North Carolina USA
A large number of Nicotiana species were tested for their resistance to feeding damage by tobacco hornworms and budworms. Results of these tests revealed that plants with apparent immunity (or a high degree of resistance) to larvae of one insect...