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A. López-Malvar, B. Ordás, C. Souto, A. Encina, R. Malvar, R. Santiago
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2017
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2017
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López-Malvar, A., Ordás, B., Souto, C., Encina, A., Malvar, R., & Santiago, R. (2017). Chemical Changes during Maize Tissue Aging and Its Relationship with Mediterranean Corn Borer Resistance. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
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López-Malvar, A., B. Ordás, C. Souto, A. Encina, R. Malvar, and R. Santiago. “Chemical Changes during Maize Tissue Aging and Its Relationship with Mediterranean Corn Borer Resistance.” Journal of agricultural and food chemistry (2017).
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López-Malvar, A., et al. “Chemical Changes during Maize Tissue Aging and Its Relationship with Mediterranean Corn Borer Resistance.” Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2017.
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@article{a2017a,
title = {Chemical Changes during Maize Tissue Aging and Its Relationship with Mediterranean Corn Borer Resistance.},
year = {2017},
journal = {Journal of agricultural and food chemistry},
author = {López-Malvar, A. and Ordás, B. and Souto, C. and Encina, A. and Malvar, R. and Santiago, R.}
}
Abstract
The Mediterranean corn borer (MCB), Sesamia nonagrioides Lef, is an important pest of maize in temperate areas, causing significant stalk lodging and yield losses. The main goals of this study were to determine possible changes in chemical traits (phenols, flavonoids, anthocyanins, sugars, fibers, and lignin) during plant development after the flowering stage and to assess how those traits may differ in diverse genotypes of maize, such as MCB resistant and susceptible. Higher values for some particular traits in more mature tissues seemed to increase their effectiveness against the MCB attack. A decreased amount of borer damage in the field was recorded in the resistant inbred line and in older tissues (7.90 cm vs 31.70 cm as the mean for the stalk tunnel length). In accordance with these results, the resistant inbred line showed a higher degree of hemicellulose cross-linkage (due to ferulic and diferulic acids), higher soluble sugar content, and higher stalk strength. The use of resistant varieties and early sowings is highly recommended as an integrated approach to reduce the yield losses produced by this pest.