Suicidal Emergence and Reproduction by Overwintered Pink Bollworm 1 Moths 23
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 7 (2) , 189-192
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/7.2.189
Abstract
Adult pink bollworms, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), that emerged from hibernation before small squares were on the cotton plant (21 days before blooming) usually failed to produce any progeny in field cage tests. Thus all emergence up to this time may be considered suicidal. Rate of reproduction by overwintered moths ranged from ∞ Co gamma rays) did not produce any progeny in field cages.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: