Background Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivation in Ghana is constrained by bollworms that damage squares (flower buds) and developing bolls, resulting in loss in seed cotton yield.
Mumuni Abudulai +6 more
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EVALUATION THE RELEASE OF Trichogramma evanescens WEST. FOR CONTROLLING Pectinophora gossypiella (SAUND.) AND Earias insulana (BOISD.) IN COTTON FIELDS AT MANZALA DISTRICT, DAKHLIA GOVERNORATE [PDF]
Field experiments were carried out at Manzala district, Dakahlia Governorate during two successively seasons (2008 and 2009) to evaluate the release of egg parasitoid Trichogramma evanescens West.
R. Radwan +3 more
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INFLUENCE OF PHENOL COMPOUND ON SOME BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE THREE COTTON BOLLWORM SPECIES UNDER CONSTANT TEMPERATURE [PDF]
The experiments were conducted in Plant Protection Research Institute, Sharkia branch, Agriculture Research Center to study the toxic and biological effects of phenol compound against the pink, spiny and American bollworms under controlled ...
A. Zaki
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MONITORING CHANGES IN COTTON ACREAGE AND ALTERNATE HOST CROPS OF COTTON BOLLWORM USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS IN MAJOR COTTON GROWING REGIONS OF INDIA [PDF]
Cotton cultivation has made rapid strides in India since the introduction of Bt cotton, which provided effective protection against its major pest, Helicoverpa armigera and other bollworms.
D. Verma +6 more
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An Experimental Study of Certain Neonicotinoid Insecticides on the Incidence of Early Infestation of the Spiny and the American Bollworms, Growth and Lint Yield Characteristics of Cotton Plants [PDF]
The cotton bollworms are major pests that reduce yield and quality of the growing cotton crop all over the world. The Spiny bollworm (SBW) Earias insulana (Boisd.) and American bollworm (ABW) Helicoverpa armigera (Hüb) are two common injurious bollworms ...
H. El-Bassouiny
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Influence of some insecticide sequences on the injurious insect- pests of cotton plants
Background Cotton growers in Egypt have experienced severe economic loss from cotton bollworms, especially the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saund.), and spiny bollworm, Earias insulana (Boisd.), so a field experiment was carried out to ...
Seham M. Ismail
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COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF Trichogramma evanescens WEST. AND THE BIOCIDE (AGERIN) WITH RECOMMENDED INSECTICIDES PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING COTTON BOLLWORMS AND ITS EFFECT ON COTTON PRODUCTIVITY IN MIDDLE EGYPT REGION. [PDF]
This study was carried out at Mallawi region , Minia, Governorate during three successive seasons of cotton (2004, 2005 and 2006) to evaluate the efficiency of releasing distances , numbers of releasing times of the egg- parasitoid , Trichogramma ...
M. Kassem, T. Tohamy ,
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BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF Pectinophora gossypiella (SAUND.) AND Earias insulana (BOISD.) IN COTTON FIELDS AT DAKAHLIA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT BY AUGMENTATIVE RELEASES OF Trichogramma evanescens WESTWOOD [PDF]
Field studies were conducted atDakahlia Governorate, Egypt in 2004 and 2005 cotton seasons to evaluate the releases of Trichogramma wasps for pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella(Saund.) and spiny bollworms Earias insulana (Boisd.) management in ...
H. Zedan +3 more
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Cotton relay intercropping under continuous cotton-wheat cropping system [PDF]
Cotton-wheat is an important cropping system of the world in which cotton is sown after harvest of wheat in the start of summer season. In the recent decades, Bt cotton cultivars have been introduced to better combat the bollworms. However, the Bt cotton
Jabran, K. +14 more
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EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOME COMPOUNDS ON THE PINK AND SPINY BOLLWORMS IN COTTON FIELDS [PDF]
Experiments were conducted in cotton fields in the village of Bahr El-Baker, Sharkia Governorate during 2011 and 2012 cotton seasons to study the effect of Indoxacarb 105ml, Methomyl 300g and Spinosad at rates 50,75 and 100 ml/feddan"} on the pink and ...
M. Hegab, A. Zaki
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