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Not just a random scramble. (Beet Armyworm Eggs).

Publication: Agricultural Research
Publication Date: 01-JUN-02 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: Not just a random scramble. (Beet Armyworm Eggs).(Brief Article)

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Just what is it that beet armyworms want when it comes to choosing a place to raise offspring? After all, these insects live on a wide variety of plants, including cotton--a crop to which they can lay waste.

There is a lot of anecdotal evidence about what attracts the beet armyworm to particular plants and fields. But what is "known" on that basis may not be exactly so.

Now, data from ARS scientists at the Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center in Weslaco, Texas, are shedding light on what the pest really prefers when it comes to picking a host plant for offspring.

ARS entomologists Shoil Greenberg, Allan Showler, and Thomas Sappington, with the Integrated Farming and Natural Resources Research Unit, have spent the past several years separating fact from folklore.

"It's well documented in the literature that pigweed, cotton, peppers, sunflowers, and cabbage, among many other species, are used...

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