Evidence for population expansion of Cotton pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in India
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61389-1
Abstract: Pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) infestation on Bt cotton is a major concern to cotton production in India. The genetic diversity and phylogeographic structure of the insect in light of PBW resistance needs to be… read more here.
Keywords: expansion; pink bollworm; bollworm pectinophora; population ... See more keywords
Diet impacts on the biological aspects of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) under controlled laboratory conditions
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258431
Abstract: Background Pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a native pest of Asia and preferably invasion on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) crop as a commendatory host plant. Commercially, G. hirsutum is known as white gold… read more here.
Keywords: lepidoptera gelechiidae; gossypiella lepidoptera; pink bollworm; bollworm pectinophora ... See more keywords