One of the main challenges for the 21st century is ensuring global food security. Today,
maize is the largest staple crop produced worldwide. Postharvest primary insect pests …

The review focused on recent advances and innovations on the use of maize varietal
resistance and plant materials in the control of Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky. New …

Insect pests cause major damage to stored maize grain thereby reducing its weight, quality
and germination vigour. Five open pollinated maize varieties (ZM401, ZM309, ZM521 …

It was suggested that the factors that confer resistance on a maize variety against Sitophilus
zeamais Motschulsky are chemically based. To test this hypothesis, resistance indices of the …

The maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) is a significant pest of stored maize grain in tropical
and subtropical regions worldwide. As a further step towards finding maize genotypes with …

Sitophilus zeamais (Motsch.)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) has a global distribution and is
one of the most important post-harvest pests of maize (Zea mays L.). Some Mexican maize …

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 …

Susceptibility studies keep farmers informed, and enhance breeding programmes' testing
against infestation and damage by stored product pests. Therefore, the susceptibility of 20 …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most important cereals crop in the world both as food for
man and feed for animals. However, its productions and yields in Ethiopia in particular, and …

The possibility that Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky prefers a particular grain side and a
grain side area for feeding, and the implications and value in maize programmes' breeding …