. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. - 540 - / Corn earworm as Reported Week Ending 6/8 I \. 24 i _^-"<^ Numbers = Moths trapped'^-- ""v^ ^^ Larval infestations \ * Two traps at Stoneville, Miss. ; three at Tullulah, La. CORN EARWORM (Heliothis zea) - TEXAS - Heavy widespread on corn in Fannin County. (Green). OKLAHOMA - Damage to whorls of corn 17- 19 percent in Checotah area, 4-5 percent in Bixby area. (Coppock). KANSAS - Adults, larvae and eggs in one corn field in Harvey County. Twenty-eight percent infestation of whorls. (Matthew). LOUI
. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. - 540 - / Corn earworm as Reported Week Ending 6/8 I \. 24 i _^-"<^ Numbers = Moths trapped'^-- ""v^ ^^ Larval infestations \ * Two traps at Stoneville, Miss. ; three at Tullulah, La. CORN EARWORM (Heliothis zea) - TEXAS - Heavy widespread on corn in Fannin County. (Green). OKLAHOMA - Damage to whorls of corn 17- 19 percent in Checotah area, 4-5 percent in Bixby area. (Coppock). KANSAS - Adults, larvae and eggs in one corn field in Harvey County. Twenty-eight percent infestation of whorls. (Matthew). LOUISIANA - Heavy in silking corn in East Baton Rouge and West Baton Rouge Parishes. Sixty percent infestation some fields. (Oliver). GEORGIA - Infestations 15-25 percent on treated sweet corn in Tattnall County; field corn 90 percent infested. (Johnson). NORTH CAROLINA - Averaged 3. 6 eggs per silk tip on 15 silks at Faison. Ears with drying silks have at least one lai^a. (Farrier). CORN FLEA'BEETLE (Chaetocnema pulicaria) - NEW JERSEY - Wide- spread in Cape May County May 30; remains low in Burlington County. (Ins. -Dis. News.). DELAWARE - Numerous on sweet corn generally; severe bacterial wilt some areas. Conspicuous numbers of insect also on field corn. (Milliron). ILLINOIS - From 80-100 percent of corn in south- ern half of State shows feeding. From 257 beetles per 100 plants in south- east to 0 in northwest. (111. Ins. Rept. ). CHINCH BUG (Blissus leucopterus) - KANSAS - Populations continue to in- crease in many small grain fields of central and eastern areas. From 40 to over 100 nymphs per foot of row in Riley, Geary, Morris, Dickinson, Harvey, Marion and Sedgwick Counties. Some movement to adjacent row crops indicated. (Matthew). MISSISSIPPI - Damage to sorghum in Oktib- beha County. (Hutchins). OKLAHOMA - Thousands, mostly nymphs, per sweet corn plant in one Tulsa County field. (Coppock).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have
Size: 1992px × 1254px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, booksubjectbeneficialinsects, booksubjectinsect
