Mortality Response of Pink Bollworm to the Entomopathogenic Nematode Steinernema Carpocapsae

James E. Lindegren, Thomas J. Henneberry, and Lynn F. Jech


 
ABSTRACT

Spring and fall field applications of the insect parasitic nematode, Steinernema carpocansae Mexican strain Kapow selection, resulted in pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), larval mortalities ranging from 12.9 at 1.5 nematodes per cm2 to 100% at 50 nematodes per cm2.



Reprinted from 1992 Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conferences pp. 930 - 931
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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