Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
ecoevo.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Dedicated to Ecology and Evolution. We welcome academics, students, industry scientists, folks from other fields with links to E&E, scientific societies, and nature enthusiasts in general.

Administered by:

Server stats:

570
active users

ecoevo.social: AboutProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.8

Pestinfo

The polyphagous fall armyworm is a significant in its native range, the Americas. It has spread to Africa and Asia and has become a devastating pest of and other crops like sorghum or cotton. A new component has been described which significantly improves trapping of male moths - article in Pest Management Science (2023, vol. 79, issue 7, pp. 2831-2839) by Ahmed M. Saveer and others - doi.org/10.1002/ps.7460

Left: From Fig. 4 of article - results of field trapping of fall armyworm males with 2 commercial lures (Chem Tica lure and Scentry lure). For both lures the standard lure was compared with the addition of 1% of the new 'nonanal' pheromone component, with catches approx. doubling. Right: image of male moth from Wikimedia Commons
Jul 23, 2023, 10:10 AM·Public·Web
2boosts·1favorite
ExploreLive feeds
About