Hampea Schlecht.: Possible Primary Host of the Cotton Boll Weevil
- 24 March 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 155 (3769) , 1568-1569
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.155.3769.1568
Abstract
The boll weevil severely in fests buds in natural stands of Hampea sp. in Veracrutz, Mexico. The geography atid ecology of these trees suggest that they mlay be the long-sought prilnary hiost of the boll weevil.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Additional Noncotton Hosts of the Boll Weevil and Cotton Leafworm1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1965
- Antiquity of American Polyploid CottonScience, 1964