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Notes: Topics covered are the mechanisms of resistance, factors that affect the expression or the permanence of resistance, resistance to insects in several crops (wheat, corn, cotton, sorghums and potato), and methods and problems in breeding for resistance to insects in crop plants. Scale species mentioned include Aonidiella aurantii, Aulacaspis mediunensis, Chermes cooleyi, Chrysomphalus dictyospermi, C. ficus, Dactylopius tomentosus, Lepidosaphes beckii, Matsucoccus sp., Phenacoccus pergandei, Phoenicoccus marlatti, Pseudococcus comstocki, Quadraspidiotus perniciosus, Saissetia nigra, and scurfy scale.