PREDICTING THE CHANGES IN THE POPULATION GROWTH PATTERNS OF THE SPINY BOLLWORM, EARIAS INSULANA (BOISD.) | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||||
Article 16, Volume 82, Issue 1, March 2004, Page 171-181 PDF (2.86 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2004.256630 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
YOUSEF E. Y. ABD-ALLAH1; GAMEL B. EL-SAADANY1; AHMED A. AMIN2; HATEM M. SAYED3 | ||||
1Faculty of Agricultural, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
2Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||||
3Central Agricultural Pesticides Laboratory, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
The current field experiments were conducted at Qalyubyia district for three successive cotton-growing seasons (1996.1998) to investigate the changes in the seasonal activity of the spiny bollworm, Earias insulana (Boisd.). The actual and expected numbers of field generations based upon both accumulated heat units (590 DDs) and zero of development (13.1°C) were estimated. Results showed that E. insulana moths underwent five overlapping field generations during each of the three tested cotton-growing seasons. The durations of these generations were as follows: 1st 10-11 weeks; ed 9-10 weeks; 3cd and 41h 8-9 weeks and 51h 8-10 weeks. On the other hand, prediction of this pest from April to next April reveals the presence of five generations on cotton plants. The duration of generations 1-3 (shortest) ranged from 40-48 days in 1996, 40-42 days in 1997 and 36-51 days in 1998, respectively. The last generation was the longest; being 157, 177 and 133 days in the three years, respectively. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Spiny bollworm; Earias insulana; seasonal abundance; zero of development | ||||
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