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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)GWAS analysis of maize host plant resistance to western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) reveals candidate small effect loci for resistance breeding
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Washburn, J.D., LaFond, H.F., Lapadatescu, M.C., Pereira, A.E., Erb, M., Hibbard, B.E. 2023. GWAS analysis of maize host plant resistance to western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) reveals candidate small effect loci for resistance breeding. Journal of Economic Entomology. 116(6):2184–2192. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad181.


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