Open AccessTHE INFESTATION OF YOUNG OKRA PODS BY PINK BOLLWORM IN PORTO RICO
Author(s) -
George N. Wolcott
Publication year - 1931
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v15i4.14242
Subject(s) - pink bollworm , infestation , biology , horticulture , agronomy , toxicology , botany , larva
Infestation by Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders of tender youug okra pods, not more than three inches long, nor more than three days old, occurs in Porto Rico when the okra plants are close to cotton fields maturing bolls which are heavily or totally infested by pink bollworm.