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Evolutionary Applications, 2021 The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is an important pest of commercial cotton across the Americas. In the United States, eradication of this species is complicated by re‐infestations of areas where eradication has ...
Tyler J. Raszick +9 more
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Stink Bugs and Leaffooted Bugs Are Important Fruit, Nut, Seed and Vegetable Pests
EDIS, 2005 Stink bugs (Pentatomidae) and leaffooted bugs (Coreidae) are important direct pests of many seed, fruit, vegetable and nut crops. Recently they have become serious pests of cotton because of the reduction in pesticide use resulting from the eradication ...
Russell F. Mizell, III
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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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Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture, 2022 The feral or volunteer cotton (VC) plants when reach the pinhead squaring phase (5–6 leaf stage) can act as hosts for the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis L.) pests.
Pappu Kumar Yadav +11 more
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Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF]
, 2004 The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boheman) is a major insect pest of cotton in North America. Dispersal activity poses a threat to ongoing eradication efforts in the US, but little is known about the frequency of long-distance migration.
Kim, Kyung +2 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Phytophagous insects rely on plant volatiles to locate suitable hosts upon which to feed or oviposit. The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, is the main pest on cotton crops in the Neotropical region and is attracted to host plant volatiles, especially ...
Diego M. Magalhães +8 more
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Current Plant Biology, 2022 Cotton Boll Weevil (CBW, Anthonomus grandis) is a devastating insect-pest affecting cotton (Gossypium spp), using cotton internal floral structures for larval development, making it difficult to control. Little is known about the mechanism underlying CBW-
Stéfanie Menezes de Moura +6 more
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Selection of entomopathogenic fungi to control stink bugs and cotton boll weevil
Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2023 Entomopathogenic fungi stand out in the biological control of several agriculturally important insects. Six isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae, Cordyceps javanica, Beauveria sp. and B.
Larissa Moreira de Sousa +5 more
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Survival and preference of cotton boll weevil adults for alternative food sources
Brazilian Journal of BiologyPlants that have potential as alternative food source (floral nectar, pollen and plant tissues) to the boll weevil during the intercropping season were evaluated considering the prevalent conditions of Cerrado in the Central Brazil.
M. Pimenta +6 more
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Reproductive Potential of Overwintering, F1, and F2 Female Boll Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas [PDF]
, 2007 The feeding and oviposition activity of overwintering boll weevils, Anthonomus grandis grandis (Boheman), and seasonal fluctuations in development, survival, and reproduction of progeny of overwintering and first- and second-generation boll weevil ...
Armstrong, J. S. +6 more
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