Semiochemicals such as pheromones play a major role in communication between insects,
influencing their spatial orientation, aggregation, defense, and mating. The rational chemical …

Integrated pest management systems were developed originally in response to the
appearance of insect populations with resistance to common insecticides. Cotton with its …

In many countries, cotton is traditionally intercropped with other plants in order to increase
yields and to control pests. The effects of intercropping cotton (Gossypium barbcidense L.) …

Pesticides continue to provide an important tool in integrated pest management (IPM)
programmes. Hitherto IPM programmes have had a strong bias towards insect control, but …

A series of trials examining the feasibility of an attracticide technique for control of
Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) are described. The technique combined the sex …

Hollow-fibre, microencapsulated and twist-tie formulations of the pheromone of the pink
bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) were used in …

Cotton is infested by over 30 pests belonging to lepidoptera and coleoptera. Amongst these
insects, various bollworms and cotton boll weevil cause economic damage every year. In …

The density of microcapsules was compared on 'Golden Delicious' mature and immature
foliage, fruit, and 1-yr-old limbs after dip treatments with Phase III oriental fruit moth …

Five trap designs yellow and white funnel, Delta red and white and universal were evaluated
for their catching efficiency. Yellow funnel was most efficient for catching male moths …

Comparisons of infestation and damage levels by the cotton bollworms, Pectinophora
gossypiella (Saunders)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Earias vittella (Fabricius) and E. insulana …