Citation:

CC Bowling. 1980. Breeding for host plant resistance to rice field insects in the U.S.A. Pages 329-340. In: Biology and Breeding for Resistance to Arthropods and Pathogens in Agricultural Plants. MK Harris (editor). The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, Texas and University of California, Agency for International Development, Pest Management Project, Berkeley CA USA, 605 pages.

Keywords: Oryza sativa, rice breeding, host plant resistance, rice water weevil Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus,rice stink bug Oebalus pugnax, pecky rice, damage, stem borer Diatraea saccharalis, Chilo plejadellus, screening methods, tolerance, stylet sheaths, antixenoisis, antibiosis