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The influence of slow release PVC resin pheromone formulations on the mating behaviour and control of the cotton bollworm complex (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae and Noctuidae) in Pakistan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. J. Chamberlain ,
Z. Ahmad ,
M. R. Attique  and
M. A. Chaudhry
D. J. Chamberlain*
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Institute, Chatham Maritime, Kent, UK
Z. Ahmad
Affiliation:
Cotton Research Institute, Multan, Pakistan
M. R. Attique
Affiliation:
Cotton Research Institute, Multan, Pakistan
M. A. Chaudhry
Affiliation:
Cotton Research Institute, Multan, Pakistan
*
Natural Resources Institute, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.
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Abstract

Comparisons of infestation and damage levels by the cotton bollworms, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Earias vittella (Fabricius) and E. insulana (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) were made in cotton fields treated with pheromones + insecticide, insecticides only, and untreated control plots, in Pakistan during the 1991 cotton season. Early to mid season control of these three pests by mating disruption in the pheromone + insecticide treated plots meant that an average reduction of 3.5 applications of insecticides was achieved when compared with the insecticide only treated plots to control the cotton pest complex. Night observations showed that there were far fewer adult moths visible in the pheromone + insecticide treated plots than in insecticide only treated plots. Adults of both sexes were much less active and did not mate as frequently as adults in the insecticide only plots.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 83 , Issue 3 , September 1993 , pp. 335 - 343
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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