Sex pheromone traps :a tool for infestation prediction by the spiny bollworm Earias insulana (boisd) on two cotton varieties with respect to some weather factors [electronic resource].

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Field trials were carried out at Meet EL-Deeb, Kafr EL-Sheikh Governorate during cotton' growing seasons 2001 and 2002 to predict the infestation level by the spiny bollworms Earias insulana on two cotton varieties using sex pheromone traps. Protective treatments using aircraft according to the national programme on bollworm were conducted coincided. The possible correlation between the recorded caught males and both of cotton variety and some weather factors were statistically analyzed, four generations were recorded on Giza 89 and Giza 86 during 2001 season.

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