Effectiveness of sterile boll weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) against naturally occurring populations in commercially grown cotton

Boll weevils, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman, sterilized by feeding on an ecdysteroid followed by irradiation (10 krad in nitrogen) were released directly onto cotton plants by two new methods: a liquid method and a container method. Egg hatch on ca. 73 ha of commercially grown cotton was reduce...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of economic entomology 1986-02, Vol.79 (1), p.79-83
Hauptverfasser: Villavaso, E.J, Roberson, J.L, Seward, R.W, Thompson, M.J
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