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Insect Management for Sweet Corn
EDIS, 2005 Foliar, ear and root feeding insects can routinely cause economic losses to sweet corn if left untreated. The most important pests of sweet corn in Florida are the fall armyworm, corn earworm, lesser cornstalk borer, cutworms, corn silk fly, cucumber ...
Gregg S. Nuessly, Susan E. Webb
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Insects, 2022 Insecticide sprays are a common practice to control corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), and fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in corn (Zea mays L.) at reproductive stages. Our objectives were to determine (1)
Diego M. Viteri +1 more
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Trapping tomato fruitworm in the Central Valley
California Agriculture, 1990 Pheromone traps in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys indicate that seasonal patterns of the tomato fruitworm are similar across large areas. Catches were greatest late in the season.
Michael P. Hoffmann +6 more
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Spatial Patterns of Aflatoxin Levels in Relation to Ear-Feeding Insect Damage in Pre-Harvest Corn
Toxins, 2011 Key impediments to increased corn yield and quality in the southeastern US coastal plain region are damage by ear-feeding insects and aflatoxin contamination caused by infection of Aspergillus flavus. Key ear-feeding insects are corn earworm, Helicoverpa
Alisa Huffaker +9 more
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Climate change, transgenic corn adoption and field-evolved resistance in corn earworm [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Increased temperature anomaly during the twenty-first century coincides with the proliferation of transgenic crops containing the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) (Bt) to express insecticidal Cry proteins.
P. Dilip Venugopal, Galen P. Dively
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Insect Management for Legumes (Beans, Peas)
EDIS, 2005 Many different insects attack leguminous vegetables. Aphids damage terminals, whiteflies feed on sap and transmit bean golden mosaic virus, and caterpillars like bean leafroller and beetles feed on leaves.
Susan E. Webb
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Field-Evolved Resistance in Corn Earworm to Cry Proteins Expressed by Transgenic Sweet Corn. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Transgenic corn engineered with genes expressing insecticidal toxins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) (Bt) are now a major tool in insect pest management.
Galen P Dively +2 more
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Toxins, 2021 The corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), is a major pest targeted by pyramided Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn and cotton in the U.S. Cry1Ab is one of the first insecticidal toxins used in Bt crops, while Vip3A is a relatively new toxin that has ...
Ying Niu +15 more
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Insect Management for Leafy Vegetables (Lettuce, Endive and Escarole)
EDIS, 2005 Damage to leafy vegetables results from holes chewed in leaves by caterpillars and beetles, leaf mining by fly larvae and disease transmission and head contamination by piercing sucking insects. Major pests of these crops are beet and southern armyworms,
Gregg S. Nuessly, Susan E. Webb
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Correction: Field-Evolved Resistance in Corn Earworm to Cry Proteins Expressed by Transgenic Sweet Corn. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169115.].
Galen P Dively +2 more
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