Report on evaluation of promising Brachiaria hybrid populations for resistance against spittlebug

The continuous assessment of Brachiaria genotypes to spittlebug attack resistance is a major activity within the breeding program of Tropical Forages, allowing the development of superior cultivars at CIAT. In the second semester of 2019 and first semester of 2020, a mass rearing program for Aeneola...

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Autores principales: Espitia, Paula A., Hernández, Luis Miguel, Velasco, Jeison, Castiblanco, Valheria
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111236
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Sumario:The continuous assessment of Brachiaria genotypes to spittlebug attack resistance is a major activity within the breeding program of Tropical Forages, allowing the development of superior cultivars at CIAT. In the second semester of 2019 and first semester of 2020, a mass rearing program for Aeneolamia varia was established from adults collected in Darién and Fenicia, Valle del Cauca.