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PINK BOLLWORM, PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA (DIPTERA: GELECHIIDAE), SUPPRESSION WITH GOSSYPLURE, A PYRETHROID, AND PARASITE RELEASES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E. F. Legner
Affiliation:
Division of Biological Control, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
R. A. Medved
Affiliation:
Division of Biological Control, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521

Extract

The pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), has become increasingly important as a primary pest of cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., in the Lower Colorado Desert of western North America. New species of natural enemies have not become established although annual parasite releases have shown some favorable results (Legner and Medved 1979). The effects of a pyrethroid, female sex pheromone, and annual parasite releases on pink bollworm suppression were studied and compared.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1981

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