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Dissection of QTLs for Biotic Stress Resistance in Maize

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Biotic stresses are major concerns for the world’s food security. These, commonly induced by diseases and/or insect pests, are one of the primary reasons for maize yield and quality losses. About 10% of the annual maize production is reduced because of biotic stresses globally. Diseases, particularly by fungal pathogens, lead to significant yield decline. Among the insect pests, the herbivorous insects are the major culprits of total yield losses. Moreover, the origin of new pathogens and insects, evolution of new races or strains with time due to climate change and development of pesticide resistance are the other major concerns. Development and deployment of stress-tolerant genotypes is the economically and environmentally viable option to manage biotic stresses. In contrast to the cereals like wheat and rice, quantitative resistance is more important in maize owing to its pollination mode and nature of causal organism. The quantitative trait loci (QTLs) or genomic regions imparting tolerance/resistance to pathogens and insect pests have been identified in maize. This chapter is an attempt to archive all these findings in a referable format to be useful for both students and researchers working in biotic stress resistance research area.

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  1. Mountain Research Center for Field Crops, Khudwani, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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Zunjare, R.U. et al. (2023). Dissection of QTLs for Biotic Stress Resistance in Maize. In: Wani, S.H., Dar, Z.A., Singh, G.P. (eds) Maize Improvement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21640-4_3

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