scholarly journals Decline of European Corn Borer as a Pest of Potatoes

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Kuhar ◽  
Gerald Ghidiu ◽  
Hélène B. Doughty
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Agricultural Crops ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Wide Range

European corn borer (ECB), Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), is regarded as a significant pest in North America. Larvae bore into stems, stalks, or the fruit of a wide range of agricultural crops. Published 29 January 2010.

Dynamics of Nosema pyrausta in natural populations of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis: A six-year study

BioControl ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 627-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie C. Lewis ◽  
Douglas V. Sumerford ◽  
Lori A. Bing ◽  
Robert D. Gunnarson
Keyword(s):  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Corn Borer

EVIDENCE OF A MALE SEX PHEROMONE IN THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER, OSTRINIA NUBILALIS (HÜBNER) (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)

1992 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucie Royer ◽  
Jeremy N. McNeil
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Mating System ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Male Pheromone ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Male Sex Pheromone ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Male Sex

AbstractEuropean corn borer males have hair pencils located ventrally on the 8th sternite and these are extruded when a male approaches a calling female. The fact that (i) antennectomized females mated significantly less than both intact controls and individuals subjected to other forms of surgery, and (ii) males with hair pencils removed had a significantly lower mating success than control males, suggests that a male pheromone is involved in the mating system of the European corn borer.

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