Sunandan Swain

Unravelling the Genetic Basis of Insect Resistance in Maize: Progress and Future Challenges

Maize, the queen of cereals, is generally affected by several insect pests throughout its lifecycle and by post-harvest pests, which affects yield and grain quality, resulting in heavy reliance on chemical insecticides. Although host-plant resistance is environmentally friendly, its polygenic inheritance, genotype-by-e...