Implanting Boll Weevil Eggs in Cotton Squares for Systemic Insecticide and Host-Plant-Resistance Studies1
- 1 April 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 58 (2) , 366-368
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/58.2.366
Abstract
A simple technique involving infestation of cotton squares with eggs of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, can be utilized in systemic insecticide and host-plant-resistance studies against larvae. Adult weevil yields from implanted eggs averaged 57.9% and 76.9% in 2 tests. Adult yields generally were higher from squares remaining on plants for 3 to 7 days and measuring 9.1 to 13.0 mm long.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- A Technique for Measuring Certain Aspects of Antibiosis in Cotton to the Boll Weevil1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1964
- Sources of Resistance of Cotton Strains to the Boll Weevil and Their Possible Utilization1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1957