. The Peanut, the unpredictable legume; a symposium. Peanuts; Peanuts. INSECT PESTS 241 odecimpimctata (F), attacking young peanut pods in Virginia; the nuts within the pods were devoured. Following this report, peanut damage from this insect received little attention until recent years. An average of 12 to percent of the pods was reported as injured during 1945 and 1946 in a study made in Virginia (64). D. duodecimpunctata and larvae of the related species, D. balteata Lee, were found attacking peanut pods in Alabama (5). Because of the difficulty of distinguishing between the two closel
. The Peanut, the unpredictable legume; a symposium. Peanuts; Peanuts. INSECT PESTS 241 odecimpimctata (F), attacking young peanut pods in Virginia; the nuts within the pods were devoured. Following this report, peanut damage from this insect received little attention until recent years. An average of 12 to percent of the pods was reported as injured during 1945 and 1946 in a study made in Virginia (64). D. duodecimpunctata and larvae of the related species, D. balteata Lee, were found attacking peanut pods in Alabama (5). Because of the difficulty of distinguishing between the two closely related species of larvae, no attempt was made to determine rela- tive abundance. However, the large number of recently transformed D. balteata adults found in pupal cells in the soil around the peanuts indi- cated this species was the predominant one. In 1947 Arant (5) observed as high as 35 percent of the pods injured in some fields, but in this in- stance a wireworm, Heteroderes sp. appeared to be doing much of the damage. Other soil pests appear to be of less Figure 4. Peanut pods damaged by soil insects (wireworms and Diabrotica larvae.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Arant, F. S. (Frank Selman), 1904-; National Fertilizer Association (1925- ) Plant Food Research Committee. Washington, National Fertilizer Association
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