Several species of herbivores feed on maize in field and storage setups, making the
development of multiple insect resistance a critical breeding target. In this study, an …

The fall armyworm (FAW) is a gregarious insect pest causing substantial yield losses and
crop failures in maize and related cereal crops in sub-Saharan Africa due to a lack of …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is a crop of major economic and food security importance globally. The
fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, can devastate entire maize crops, especially …

The recent invasion, rapid spread, and widescale destruction of the maize crop by the fall
armyworm (FAW; Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith)) is likely to worsen the food insecurity …

Combinatorial insect attacks on maize leaves, stems, and kernels cause significant yield
losses and mycotoxin contaminations. Several small effect quantitative trait loci (QTL) control …

Genomic selection (GS) can accelerate variety improvement when training set (TS) size and
its relationship with the breeding set (BS) are optimized for prediction accuracies (PAs) of …

Diversity analysis using molecular markers serves as a powerful tool in unravelling the
intricacies of inclusivity within various populations and is an initial step in the assessment of …

Background Corn borers are the primary maize pest; their feeding on the pith results in stem
damage and yield losses. In this study, we performed a genome-wide association study …

Currently, maize (Zea mays L.) production is under threat from climate change, drought, and
pests such as fall armyworm (FAW)[Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith)(Lepidoptera …

Fall armyworm [FAW, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith)] and southwestern corn borer
(SWCB, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar) are damaging insect pests of maize (Zea mays L.) that …