Development, survival and morphometric parameters of boll weevil reared in different photoperiods [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyThird instar larvae of the cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are offered to the parasitoid Jaliscoa grandis Burks, 1954 (=Catolaccus grandis) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) for mass-rearing.
M. H. P. Martínez +4 more
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Host-free Survival of Boll Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Two Regions of Texas [PDF]
, 2008 New information regarding boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman, overwintering is important to efforts to improve efficiency of eradication efforts. The boll weevil diapause remains a contentious issue despite intense study and some evidence suggests ...
Rummel, D. R. +3 more
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Parasitoids of boll weevil Anthonomus grandis and resident predators in kaolin-treated cotton
Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2013 Simultaneous use of control methods is essential to reach success in managing arthropod pests. The current study investigated the effect of kaolin application on resident predators in the cotton plant canopy and parasitism of boll weevil on abscised ...
Roberta Leme Santos +3 more
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Insects, 2023 The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boh., is the most important cotton pest in Central and South America. The biological characteristics and thermal requirements of boll weevils reared on an artificial diet were assessed at seven constant ...
Fernanda Polastre Pereira +2 more
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Insects, 2014 Because boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boh. develops partially protected inside cotton fruiting structures, once they become established in a field, they are difficult to control, even with nearly continuous insecticide spray.
Robério C. S. Neves +4 more
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Selective application of malathion: effect on boll weevil, non-target insects and natural enemies [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyNon-selective chemical insecticides are the main method to manage the major insect pest of cotton in the Americas, the boll weevil Anthonomus grandis (Boheman, 1843) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
S. F. Camelo +2 more
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Effects of insecticides and defoliants applied alone and in combination for control of overwintering boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis; Coleoptera: Curculionidae)—laboratory and field studies [PDF]
, 2004 In laboratory, greenhouse and field tests, we determined the effects of combining full rates of the defoliants tribufos and thidiazuron and the herbicide thifensulfuron-methyl with half rates of the insecticides lambda-cyhalothrin or azinphos-methyl, and
Elzen, Gary +5 more
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Circadian rhythms of feeding, oviposition, and emergence of the boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF]
, 2006 Circadian rhythm of feeding, oviposition, and emergence of boll weevil adults were determined at five different photophases (24, 14, 12, 10, and 0 hours) and a constant 27°C temperature, 65% RH in the laboratory.
Armstrong, J. S. +6 more
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Infestation of Anthonomus grandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on re-sprout of cotton plants
Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2015 The destruction of cotton crop residues at the end of the crop cycle is a key strategy for the phytosanitary crop management, since its off-season re-sprout can provide sites for feeding and oviposition of pests such as the boll weevil.
José Fernando Jurca Grigolli +5 more
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Insects, 2021 Originating in northeastern Mexico and southern Texas, the hibiscus bud weevil (HBW), Anthonomus testaceosquamosus Linell 1897, was discovered infesting China rose hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.) in south Florida in May 2017.
Alexandra M. Revynthi +6 more
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