| DEFINITION |
"An assay to determine the resistance exhibited by a plant or a group of plants (population) in response to insect infestation as compared to the susceptible and/or the reference plants of the same species." [Gramene:pankaj_jaiswal, IRRI:SES] |
| XREF |
None |
| COMMENT |
It represents the damage done by the insects to the plant. The damage is a direct measure of resistance to the particular insect variety. The test evaluation is valid if insect population is uniformly distributed at a high level across the screening box or the field. |
| SYNONYM |
"insect resistance (narrow)" NARROW [] |
| IS_A |
TO:0000054 ! animal damage resistance |
| PUBMED |
PUBMED |