Review of Dr. Adelina A. Barrion's contributions to Asian corn borer studies
2019
Caasi-Lit, M.T.
Archived in old folders at the Entomology Laboratory of the Institute of Plant Breeding [University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, Philippines] the previous works of the late Dr. Adelina A. Barrion, a distinguished Filipino insect geneticist, were retrieved. These works were cited in relation to the recently funded project entitled 'Basic studies on the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenee)' funded by Biotechnology Coalition of the Phil ippines in collaboration with different players of the corn seed industry. The unpublished papers of Dr. Barrion from the 1981 PCARR project entitled 'Breeding for Corn Borer Resistance' had been important milestones in basic studies on Asian corn borer (ACB). Several studies conducted by her team on larval morphology, chaetotaxy, head capsule, heterovoltinicity, and life cycle were discussed. Based on the breadth of research work of the ACB that Dr. Barrion and her team had accomplished, there is need to compile and publish these works in their original form. This paper, therefore, aims to: 1) revisit and review the works of Dr. A. A. Barrion which will significantly contribute to the local references on the ACB; 2) consider these old works for possible publication in a local journal or as a book of collected works; and 3) pay tribute to an outstanding entomologist recognizing her pioneering works on the ACB.
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