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This thesis examined the role of phenolic substances in resistance to insect pests of maize and sorghum. Eight landraces of sorghum collected in Ethiopia were assessed for methanol soluble phenolic content (as catechin equivalents) by the Prussian blue procedure and storage inse…

Dispersal of European corn borer (ECB), Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner, and southwestern corn borer (SWCB), Diatraea grandiosella Dyar, was studied using mark-release-recapture of laboratory reared insects and capture of feral insects in large 50 ha irrigated Bt-corn field sites in S…