Boll weevil
Effect of temperature on the reproduction of Bracon vulgaris Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of the cotton boll weevil
... This research studied the effect of temperature on the reproduction of Bracon vulgaris Ashmead, an ectoparasitoid of cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boheman) at constant temperatures of 20, 25 and 30 ...
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Alternative food sources and overwintering feeding behavior of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis boheman (coleoptera: curculionidae) underthe tropical conditions of central Brazil
... the boll weevil was captured throughout the year only in the ...the boll weevil than the other study areas, both at the beginning and at the end of the cotton growing season, as shown by the ...
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Effect of diameter of the cotton squares in the development of boll weevil
... RAMALHO, F.S.; JESUS, F.M.M. Distribution of boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) eggs within cotton squares. Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad and Tobago, v.65, n.3, p.245-248, 1988. RAMIRO, Z.A.; NETTO, N.D.; ...
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Spatial and temporal distribution of cotton squares and small cotton bolls fallen on ground after damage by boll weevil and the efficiency of the equipment used to collect them
... by boll weevil and the lap of cotton plant (cultivar BRS 8H) did not differ with the age of the plant within the first (1-11cm), second (12-22cm), third (23-33cm), and fourth (34-44cm) strips of ground ...
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Cholesterol oxidase interference on the emergence and viability of cotton boll weevil larvae (1)
... of boll weevil is highly depen- dent on the availability of cholesterol, and choles- terol oxidase has shown, here and in previous works, antagonistic to the normal physiology of the ...
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Between-season attraction of cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boh. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) adults by its aggregation pheromone
... larval boll weevil feeding is also considered as an important factor inducing diapause (Lloyd et ...of boll availability can be considered as indicators of the winter period proximity and, ...
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Susceptibility of boll weevil to ready-to-use insecticide mixtures
... restrain boll weevil infestation in cotton fields, which are deployed preventively, including cultural, behavioral, and legislative enforcement methods (TORRES et ...and boll weevil are ...
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Boll weevil within season and off-season activity monitored using a
... monitor boll weevil in Brazil. Despite helping de- tection of boll weevil across the landscape, the traps have presented some ...to boll formation stages), the efficacy of these traps ...
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NOTAS CIENTÍFICAS Mechanical damage in cotton buds caused by the boll weevil
... before boll weevil population attains dimensions big enough to cause economically significant damages (Carvalho & Moreira, 1990; Carvalho, ...the boll weevil population is only possible ...
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Survival pattern of the boll weevil during cotton fallow in Midwestern Brazil
... of boll weevil oviposition were selected from the cotton plants of Água Limpa farm, in the Distrito Federal (2012 ...emerged boll weevils were removed, and the structure was bagged again, in a way ...
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Boll weevil in South America. - Portal Embrapa
... The lower average in Brazil i s related to the area cultivated to perennial cotton in that country, which has a much l ower ;.i eld capac ity than annual cotton ( Gossv[r] ...
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Basic nutrients content of Catolaccus grandis Burks reared in cotton boll weevil larvae
... RESUMEN - El objetivo del trabajo fue determinar los niveles de carbohidratos, proteínas solubles y aminoácidos libres de larvas, pupas hembras y adultos hembras de Catolaccus grandis (B[r] ...
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Effect of trypsin inhibitor from Crotalaria pallida seeds on Callosobruchus maculatus (cowpea weevil) and Ceratitis capitata (fruit fly)
... biotic stresses, especially in plant defense processes against in- sect pest attack [9,17–20] . These plant proteinaceous inhibitors are generally small, stable and abundant proteins [21] showing specificity for serine ...
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EMERGENCE RATE OF THE MEXICAN BEAN WEEVIL IN VARIETIES OF BEANS FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN AMAZON
... emergence rate was recorded in the Gorgutuba Vermelho variety, but the normalized cumulative emergence was observed over a longer time period in the Carioca Pitoco variety.[r] ...
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CROP PROTECTION Feeding Substrates to Black Coconut Bunch Weevil, Homalinotus coriaceus (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Rearing in Laboratory
... ABSTRACT - The black coconut bunch weevil, Homalinotus coriaceus (Gyllenhal), is an important coconut palm-tree pest in Brazil, making the female flowers and immature fruits fall down. This paper aimed to get ...
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ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS Life-History of The Guava Weevil, Conotrachelus psidii Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Under Laboratory Conditions
... guava weevil, Conotrachelus psidii Marshall (Orlando et ...guava weevil has only been registered in Venezuela (Rubio 1974, Boscán de Martinez & Casares 1980) and Brazil (Bondar 1923, Sampaio 1975) where ...
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Digestive physiology and characterization of digestive cathepsin L-like proteinase from the sugarcane weevil Sphenophorus levis
... Sugarcane is an important crop that has recently become subject to attacks from the weevil Sphenophorus levis, which is not efficiently controlled with chemical insecticides. This demands the development of new ...
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A review of the weevil fauna (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) of Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Kuntze (Araucariaceae) in South Brazil
... the weevils associated with Araucaria araucana (Molina) C. Koch in Chile, one of the two South American Araucaria trees. To enable future comparisons between the weevil faunas of dif- ferent Araucaria species, we ...
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Attractiveness of light‑emitting diodes (LEDs) of different wavelengths to the South American rice water weevil
... RAMAMURTHY, V.V.; AKHTAR, M.S.; PATANKAR, N.V.; MENON, P.; KUMAR, R.; SINGH, S.K.; AYRI. S.; PARVEEN, S.; MITTAL, V. Efficiency of different light sources in light traps in monitoring insect diversity. Munis Entomology; ...
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Pyrosequencing the Midgut Transcriptome of the Banana Weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Reveals Multiple Protease-Like Transcripts.
... The banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus is an important and serious insect pest in most banana and plantain-growing areas of the world. In spite of the economic importance of this insect pest very little genomic ...
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