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SEASONAL ABUNDANCE AND OVIPOSITION RESPONSE OF THE CORN EARWORM, HELIOTHIS ZEA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE), ON OKRA IN VIRGINIA1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. A. Latheef  and
J. H. Ortiz
M. A. Latheef
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia 23803
J. H. Ortiz
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia 23803
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Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench, is a member of the Malvaceae. It is an important crop in the southern United States where vegetable production becomes precarious during the summer owing to extreme conditions of temperature and drought. Okra is grown in most southern home gardens and is consumed as a main dish vegetable or used in soups and gumbos.

Because of its popularity and environmental adaptability, okra may have the potential for attracting fresh market premium prices for limited resource farm operations. However, little has been published on insect pests of okra in the United States. In an investigation at Petersburg, Virginia, during 1979 and 1980, we found that the corn earworm, Heliothis zea (Boddie), was an important pest of okra.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 115 , Issue 11 , November 1983 , pp. 1539 - 1541
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1983

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