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Report on evaluation of promising Brachiaria hybrid populations for resistance against spittlebug

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Espitia, Paula A.

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Espitia, P.; Hernández, L.M.; Velasco, J.; Castiblanco, V. (2020) Report on evaluation of promising Brachiaria hybrid populations for resistance against spittlebug. Cali (Colombia): Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT. 6 p.

The continuous assessment of Brachiaria genotypes to spittlebug attack resistance is a major activity within the breeding program of Tropical Forages, allowing the development of superior cultivars at CIAT. In the second semester of 2019 and first semester of 2020, a mass rearing program for Aeneolamia varia was established from adults collected in Darién and Fenicia, Valle del Cauca.