Selected Abiotic and Biotic Environmental Stress Factors Affecting Two Economically Important Sugarcane Stalk Boring Pests in the United States

Selected Abiotic and Biotic Environmental Stress Factors Affecting Two Economically Important Sugarcane Stalk Boring Pests in the United States

Sugarcane, Saccharum spp., in the United States is attacked by a number of different arthropod pests. The most serious among those pests are two stalk boring moths in the Family Crambidae: the sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (F.), and the Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar). The two spe...

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Main Author: Allan T. Showler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-02-01
Series:Agronomy
Subjects:
Saccharum
weeds
Diatraea saccharalis
Eoreuma loftini
Mexican rice borer
sugarcane borer
soil
vegetational diversification
drought
water deficit
corn
maize
resistance
cultivars
cultural practices
irrigation
nitrogen
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