Corn Borer Resistance Management with Bt Corn
With the high dose refuge strategy, non-Bt corn acreage on each farm serves as a refuge, allowing some Bt-susceptible corn borers to survive. Then if a rare resistant corn borer were able to survive on a Bt-corn plant, it would most likely mate ... [... more]
University of Kentucky |
European Corn Borer in Mississippi Cotton
The European Corn Borer (ECB), Ostrinia nubilalis (HYbner), is a major pest of corn in some regions of the United States. In recent years the ECB (Figure 1) has been recognized as a potential pest of cotton, particularly in the Carolinas, where ... [... more]
Mississippi State University Extension |
European Corn Borer
Authors: Roger R. Youngman and Eric R. Day, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech European corn borer (ECB) is a major pest of corn grown for grain in Virginia. This pest is found throughout the commonwealth, but its population density ... [... more]
Virginia Tech Extension |
European Corn Borer Control in Peppers
European corn borer (ECB), Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), is the most important insect pest of peppers, Capsicum annuum L., in Virginia. The insect is difficult to control because of the short time interval between egg hatch and fruit tunneling. ... [... more]
Virginia Tech Extension |
Predicting European Corn Borer Development
The European corn borer is a serious pest of corn and peppers in Kentucky. Corn borers overwinter as full-grown larvae in corn stubble. With the return of warm weather in the spring,development is resumed and the larvae pupate. Temperature plays ... [... more]
University of Kentucky |
Bt-Corn for Corn Borer Control
Kentucky growers have used traditional resistant hybrids, proper planting dates, weekly scouting and use of economic thresholds to manage ECB. New European corn borer resistant corn hybrids have been genetically engineered to produce their own ... [... more]
University of Kentucky |
Infestation of European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, ...
 Author: W.T. Stamps Author: T.V. Dailey Author: N.M. Gruenhagen Binding: Digital Format: HTML Publication Date: 2007-08-01 [... more]
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Tiny Wasps Control European Corn Borer In Peppers
Thomas P. Kuhar, Ramesh Yettella Venkata, and John Speese, III Dept. of Entomology - Eastern Shore AREC, Painter, VA Fig. 1. Trichogramma ostriniae on egg mass of European corn borer. Biological control of ECB eggs can provide an alternative to ... [... more]
Virginia Tech Extension |
Insights From Insects: What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us
A delightful compendium of insect facts: From casual readers who enjoy natural history and bugs to students at the high school and college levels, Insights From Insects: What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us provides a delightful compendium of insect facts. Twenty [... more]
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European Corn Borer in Peppers
European corn borer is the most important insect pest of peppers in Ohio. Commercial pepper growers can lose a significant number of pepper fruit to this pest in most years if preventive control measures are not taken. It is more of a problem in ... [... more]
Ohio Line |
Southwestern Corn Borer
During the late 1970's it was regarded as one of the most serious insect pests of corn, but after more than a ten-year period of not being reported in Kentucky, the southwestern corn borer (SWCB) has reappeared in Kentucky. Since 1992, the ... [... more]
University of Kentucky |
European Corn Borer
Eisley Research Associate Pest Biology and Host Injury The European corn borer (ECB) , Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner) , is a common pest of corn in Ohio The European corn borer (ECB), Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner), is a common pest of corn in Ohio ... [... more]
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