Trap crops were evaluated as a part of a community -wide pink bollworm (PBW) control program. We measured extraordinarily high numbers of PBW larvae in the trap crops in 1992, which indicated that the trap crops were attracting PBW moths from wide areas. However, we have no direct way of measuring any effect this would have on the main crop. Overall PBW populations were very low in 1993. While PBW numbers drastically declined in the community, this study offers no conclusive evidence as to whether trap crops are an effective component of a community-wide IPM program.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/209637 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Thacker, Gary W., Moore, Leon, Ellsworth, Peter C., Combs, Jack |
| Contributors | Silvertooth, Jeff |
| Publisher | College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Article |
| Relation | 370096, Series P-96 |
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