Favetti, B.M. and Braga-Santos, T.L. and Massarolli, A. and Specht, A. and etl, . (2017) Pearl Millet: A Green Bridge for Lepidopteran Pests. Journal of Agricultural Science, 9 (6). pp. 92-97.
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Abstract
This study evaluated the occurrence of lepidopteran pests on millet cultivated in off-season in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Larvae were collected from May to July 2013 in an area of 145 hectares located in Tangará da Serra, MT. After being collected, caterpillars were kept in the laboratory and fed an artificial diet until the pupal stage. After emergence, adults were dry mounted, identified, and deposited in the entomological collection of Embrapa Cerrados, Planaltina, Distrito Federal, Brazil. Adults obtained from 117 caterpillars were identified as Mocis latipes (Guenée), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), H. zea (Boddie), Mythimna (Pseudaletia) sequax Franclemont, Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus), and Leucania latiuscula Herrich-Schäffer. This study describes the first record of lepidopteran pests on millet plants in the state of Mato Grosso, and the incidence of lepidopterans in the system that uses millet as cover crop represents a risk of the occurrence of insect pests on subsequent crops on the straw of this grass.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Intermediate host, caterpillars, direct seeding, Pearl Millet |
| Author Affiliation: | Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brazil |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection |
| Divisions: | Millet |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2017 08:41 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2017 08:41 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15082 |
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