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Notes on Poisioning The Boll Weevill [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Economic Entomology, 1920
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Newell, W., Bynum, E. K.
openaire   +2 more sources

The Cornbelt's Last Open Pollinated Corn: Agricultural extension and the origins of the hybrid corn seed industry

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 5, Page 1024-1037, September 2024.
Agricultural extension is recognized as an important pathway for generating changes in individual farmers' practices and therefore broader patterns of production. In the United States, historical research has implicated extension work in transformations that privileged White farmers and wealthier operations over other producers and that fostered the ...
Helen Anne Curry
wiley   +1 more source

Migration and dispersal of Anthonomus grandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in South America Migración y dispersión de Anthonomus grandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) en América del Sur

open access: yesRevista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 2007
This study discusses the dispersal of Anthonomus grandis Boheman, the cotton boll weevil, in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia, exploring the ecological and physiological factors that have made the dispersal and establishment of this insect in ...
Teodoro Stadler, Micaela Buteler
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Assessing the sterility and quality of gamma‐irradiated pepper weevils, Anthonomus eugenii (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), toward the development of the sterile insect technique

open access: yesPest Management Science, Volume 80, Issue 4, Page 1692-1701, April 2024.
Pepper weevil were treated with gamma radiation at the pupal stage to investigate its impact on reproduction and quality. Male and female pepper weevils irradiated with 110 Gy as late‐stage pupae were effectively sterilized and also had decreased fecundity, longevity and spontaneous flight activity.
Jacob V Basso   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between-season attraction of cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boh. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) adults by its aggregation pheromone

open access: yesScientia Agricola, 2001
The present study was undertaken to investigate the attractiveness of boll weevil adults by its aggregation pheromone under winter field conditions. Two experimental fields were utilized at "Casa Branca", SP, Brazil.
Wedson Desidério Fernandes   +2 more
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Semiochemicals from herbivory induced cotton plants enhance the foraging behaviour of the cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis

open access: yes, 2012
The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, has been monitored through deployment of traps baited with aggregation pheromone components. However, field studies have shown that the number of insects caught in these traps is significantly reduced during cotton ...
Borges, M.   +11 more
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Assessing the Economic Impacts of Pesticide Regulations

open access: yesAgriculture, 2018
Economic impacts of pesticide regulations are assessed using five alternative methodologies. The regulations include crop supply-enhancing eradication programs and crop supply-decreasing pesticide bans.
Uwe A. Schneider   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanical damage in cotton buds caused by the boll weevil

open access: yesPesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2003
The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boheman) causes high levels of bud abscission in cotton plants due to feeding or oviposition punctures. It has been reported that abscission is mainly due to enzymes present in the insect's saliva, but mechanical ...
Santos Roseane Cavalcanti   +3 more
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Boll Weevil Exterminator.

open access: yes, 1918
Patent for Boll-Weevil Exterminator. Aims to provide a novel and improved apparatus for gathering the boll weevil and squares by air suction to catch insects and ...
Gholson, John M.   +2 more
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Aspectos biológicos de adultos de um parasitóide do bicudo do algodoeiro Biological aspects of a parasitoid of the cotton boll weevil

open access: yesScientia Agricola, 1999
Bracon sp. é um importante agente de controle biológico de Anthonomus grandis (Boheman). Estudaram-se em laboratório, aspectos biológicos de Bracon sp., utilizando-se como hospedeiro larva do bicudo do algodoeiro, a temperatura de 26 ± 2oC, 70 ± 5% UR e ...
Lúcia Helena Avelino Araújo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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