Oviposition Preference of the Seedcorn Maggot for Various Developmental Stages of Soybeans123
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 72 (1) , 64-66
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/72.1.64
Abstract
The relative attractiveness of the soybean plant to ovipositing Hylemya platura (Meigen) was studied in the laboratory. Seedcorn maggots deposited significantly more eggs near the base of newly emerged seedlings when given a choice of 5 stages of developing soybeans and only moist soil. When contained with a single stage of developing soybean, the females oviposited similar numbers of eggs adjacent to each stage. However, in this latter no-choice situation, females rarely oviposited during the 1st 3 days near any except newly emerged seedlings. Lima beans were significantly preferred over soybean seedlings as oviposition sites.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: