Open AccessWestern Bean Cutworm Aerial Trial, Otis, Colorado, 1983
Author(s) -
Stanley D. Pilcher,
Frank B. Peairs
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
insecticide and acaricide tests
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0276-3656
DOI - 10.1093/iat/9.1.241
Subject(s) - cutworm , horticulture , biology , larva , pest analysis , aerial application , acre , forestry , agronomy , botany , geography , pesticide , noctuidae
Each treatment consisted of from three to five 50-ft swaths supplied by a Pawnee PA-25 (Hutchinson Wing) aircraft. All treatments were at 28 lb/in2 through 23 Hollowcore 4-45 cone nozzles. Volume was 1 gal/acre. Larvae in the ears of 10 groups of 10 plants were counted. Applications were made 1 Aug. and evaluated 16 Aug. Pest pressure was high, with 1.8 larvae per plant in the check.
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