Natural control of Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) in Trans-Pecos cotton /

(51.8%). No 6th instars were round in either year and

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pustejovsky, Douglas Eugene, 1974-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1998.
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Summary:(51.8%). No 6th instars were round in either year and
(Boddie) life stages were monitored in insedicide-
(White) and unexplained mortality. Unexplained
100% of the life stages sampled consisted of H. zea.
artery Xercet), Orius tristicolor
attempt to extrapolate this survivorship data on a
both 1996 and 1997. The egg stage experienced the
During the summers of 1996 and 1997 Helicoverpa zea aphics.
ecological life tables were construed for H
free cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., in the Trans-pecos
greatest amount of age-specific (qx) mortality in both
H. zea eggs. No pattern was evident between the number
immunosorbent assay (ELISA) of field-collected 0.
insecticidal intervention. Future studies should
instars exhibited the highest age-specific mortality
intervention on an area-wide basis.
kept below economic thresholds without insecticidal
larger scale to test whether bookworm populations are
Life stages monitored in 1996 and 1997 conformed to a
may be plausible in Trans-Pecos cotton without
mortality (67.5% in 1996 and 65.4% in 1997). Third
mortality represented the largest portion of egg
of bookworm eggs consumed by 0. tristicolor in
of the larval stages sampled in 1996 (67.2%) and 1997
our study suggests that natural control of bookworm
physiogeographic region of Texas.
relation to the seasonal abundance of H. zea eggs.
revealed that adult and nymphal 0. tristicolor fed on
The consistency of the H. zea survivorship data from
Total mortality (egg to 5th instar) approached 97% in
tristicolor
Type III survivorship curve. Enzyme linked
was attributed to Trichogramma spp., Encarsia sp. ltr.
years (82.5% in 1996 and 86.0% in 1997). Egg mortality
zea in each of the two vowing seasons. Partial
Item Description:"Major subject: Entomology".
Vita.
Physical Description:ix, 67 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 55-62.