Host preference and life-table parameters of black cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufn)lepedoptera: nocuidae.

Abstract: estimated for the black cutworm, BCW, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufn), on nine
host plants,( four of tested host plants are field crops and five are
weeds). These are as follows: 1) Maize, Zea mays, 2) Faba beans,
Vicia faba, 3) Cotton, Gossypium barbadense, 4) Egyptian clover,
Ttifolium alexandrinum, 5) Castor-oil beans, Ricinus communis , 6)
Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensisi, 7) Gargir, Sativa mill , 8)
Cheeseweed, Malva parviflora, and 9) Greater ammi, Ammi majus.
Results indicated that the host preference to BCW could be arranged
as follows: field bindweed, clover, cotton, castor-oil beans, maize,
gargir, greater ammi, cheeseweed, and faba beans.
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Publication year 1997
Pages 1190-1192
Availability location معهد بحوث وقاية النباتات
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City New Orliens
serial title Beltwide Cotton Conferences
Author(s) from ARC
Agris Categories Pests of plants
Proposed Agrovoc Cutworm;Host Preference;
Publication Type Conference/Workshop