Abstract
The pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is an important insect pest of the cotton crop worldwide. Sex-pheromone and light traps were used to monitor the adult P. gossypiella population in Bt cotton field for the years 2017-18 at southern Punjab, Pakistan. The sampling of infested bolls was done to record the damage level of P. gossypiella. The sex-pheromone traps captured approximately 2-3 times more adults than light traps in all locations during 2017-18. For sex-pheromone traps, temperature showed negative and strong relation (R2 = 0.63-0.80) with trap catches. Fewer bolls (7.0-9.0%) were infested in plots where sex-pheromone traps were installed compared to check plots (32-37%). Therefore, the pheromone trapping proved an effective and eco-friendly tool for the monitoring and management of P. gossypiella. Our findings enable forecasting of seasonal P. gossypiella population providing additional information for the development of an integrated pest management program for this pest.
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Claim · model-written summary
Pheromone traps caught approximately two to three times more pink bollworm adults than light traps.
- Taxon
- cotton
Gossypium hirsutumt0 - Treatment
- sex-pheromone trapse0
- Interactor
- Pectinophora gossypiella
Pectinophora gossypiellat0pest - Outcome
- adultse0
- Direction
- moree0
- Value
- 2-3 timese0
- Comparator
- light trapse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The sex-pheromone traps captured approximately 2-3 times more adults than light traps in all locations during 2017-18”
t0“Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) using light and sex-pheromone traps in cotton”
Claim · model-written summary
Temperature was negatively related to pheromone trap catches.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutumt0
- Treatment
- sex-pheromone trapse0
- Interactor
- Pectinophora gossypiellaPectinophora gossypiellat0pest
- Outcome
- trap catchese0
- Direction
- negativee0
- Value
- R2 = 0.63-0.80e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“For sex-pheromone traps, temperature showed negative and strong relation (R2 = 0.63-0.80) with trap catches”
t0“Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) using light and sex-pheromone traps in cotton”
Claim · model-written summary
Pheromone trap plots had 7.0-9.0% infested bolls versus 32-37% in checks.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutumt0
- Treatment
- sex-pheromone trapse0
- Interactor
- Pectinophora gossypiellaPectinophora gossypiellat0pest
- Outcome
- bollse0
- Direction
- Fewere0
- Value
- 7.0-9.0%e0
- Qualifier
- 32-37%e0
- Comparator
- check plotse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fewer bolls (7.0-9.0%) were infested in plots where sex-pheromone traps were installed compared to check plots (32-37%)”
t0“Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) using light and sex-pheromone traps in cotton”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors considered pheromone trapping effective for monitoring and management.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutumt0
- Interactor
- P. gossypiellaPectinophora gossypiellae0pest
- Outcome
- monitoring and management of P. gossypiellae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“pheromone trapping proved an effective and eco-friendly tool for the monitoring and management of P. gossypiella”
t0“cotton”
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