Flight Response of Bollworm Moths to Crops Treated with Adult Feeding Stimulant
| Problem: | Available information regarding bollworm flight response to crops treated with feeding stimulants is insufficient to facilitate improvements in current population suppression tactics. Improved understanding of bollworm foraging flight response would supply additional insight necessary for assessing attract-and-kill strategies. |
| Objective: | Determine the flight of adult bollworms in the vicinity of treated crop rows with respect to climatic factors and crop growth stages. |
| Approach: | Bollworm flight activity within feeding stimulant-treated corn and cotton fields will be recorded with analog and digital video cameras, coupled with red (or IR) lighting and image intensification or with white strobe lighting. This new research will be conducted in small field plots at the Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center and in the Brazos Valley. |
John K. Westbrook