Published in Agron J 100:720-725 (2008)
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0066
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Second Generation European Corn Borer Injury and Irish Potato Physiology, Yield, and Quality
Jesse R. Ziemsa,
W. Wyatt Hobackb,*,
Leon G. Higleyc,
Thomas E. Huntd,
Odair A. Fernandese,
Cristina Bastosf and
Adeney de Freitas Buenog
a CSS Farms, 2016 32 Rd., Minden, NE 68959
b Dep. of Biology, Univ. of Nebraska, Kearney, NE 68849
c Dep. of Entomology, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
d Dep. of Entomology, Univ. of Nebraska Haskell Agricultural Lab., 57905 866 Rd., Concord, NE 68728
e UNESP–São Paulo State Univ., Dep. de Fitossanidade Jaboticabal, SP, 14884-900, Brazil
f EMBRAPA Algodão, Primavera do Leste, MT, Brazil
g EMBRAPA SOJA, Londrina, PR, Brazil

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Fig. 1. Average water potential (-bars) and 1 SE of leaves on a stem infested with European corn borer, leaves on the same plant but in a stem uninfested by corn borer, and check for two varieties FL1879 and Pike in 2001.
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Fig. 2. Assimilation-internal COs curves for uninfested (control) plants; European corn borer infested plant, infested stem; and European corn borer infested plant, uninfested stem. Curves shown are averages and 1 SE from curves on plants in four replications.
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