Plots infested with 4 egg masses/plant from a culture of Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner) reared for 3 generations on a meridic diet had a significantly higher level of leaf-feeding damage on a susceptible inbred line of dent corn (WF9) than did plots infested with 20 egg masses/plant from a corn borer culture reared for 87 generations on a meridic diet.
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