Sentence examples for maize attacked by from inspiring English sources
Other probes coding for volatiles such as indole, ethylene, beta-caryophyllene and sequiterpenes were not significantly different from the non-feeding control in maize attacked by untreated WCR.
For example, Ted Turlings' lab at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland showed that when maize is attacked by the Western corn rootworm, its roots release an odor which attracts an EPN that parasitizes the rootworm.
Maize is attacked by a range of lepidopteran and coleopteran pests, and these pests feed on plants at every phenological stage.
The objective of this work was to develop and evaluate a machine vision algorithm for identifying maize plants attacked by lesser cornstalk borer based on colour infrared images.
As a rule, defense genes of all three classes were down-regulated in maize when attacked by untreated WCR.
Sixteen of seventeen classes of PR proteins were down-regulated in maize when attacked by untreated WCR while being up-regulated when attacked by antibiotic treated WCR.
In contrast, the study of maize roots attacked by the larvae of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera did show systemic induction [ 24] with (E -ß-caryophyllene E -ß-caryophylleneE -ß-caryophylleneof attack and in adjacemissions.
Rasmann and Turlings [ 54] found something similar when they tested the attraction of C. marginiventris to maize plants that were simultaneously attacked by S. littoralis and a belowground herbivore.
Although crops, such as maize, sorghum, tuber and root crops are frequently attacked by either baboons or pigs or both, farmers apparently did not stop growing these crops.
New biofuel crops, whether derived from existing food crops such as maize or representing second-generation biomass crops, will be attacked by a range of pests despite claims that they might be immune from pests.
