Open AccessFirst Generation European Corn Borer, Handplots, Wray, Co, 1985
Author(s) -
Frank B. Peairs,
Stanley D. Pilcher
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
insecticide and acaricide tests
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0276-3656
DOI - 10.1093/iat/11.1.241
Subject(s) - sprayer , acre , randomized block design , horticulture , nozzle , mathematics , row , environmental science , biology , agronomy , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , database
Treatments were applied on 2 Jul ‘85 to 44 to 48-inch center-pivot irrigated corn. Liquid treatments were applied with a CO2 sprayer calibrated to deliver 11.5 gal/acre at 30 psi through 2 nozzles S003) mounted on a 2.5-ft boom. Granules were applied through a gravity flow metering and spreading device. Plots were 2 50-ft rows separated With a single buffer row and arranged in a randomized complete block design. Treatments were evaluated on 25 Jul ‘85 by dissecting 10 plants Which showed leaf feeding damage per plot and counting the number of live 3rd-5th stage larvae and cavities per plant.
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