Broccoli Yield Response to Selected Levels of Cabbage Looper (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae in Southwestern Virginia

1989 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 1437-1443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen M. Vail ◽  
L. T. Kok ◽  
M. Lentner
Keyword(s):  
Cabbage Looper ◽  
Yield Response ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

Effects of host plant,Gossypium hirsutum L., on sexual attraction of cabbage looper moths,Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

1994 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 2959-2974 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Landolt ◽  
R. R. Heath ◽  
J. G. Millar ◽  
K. M. Davis-Hernandez ◽  
B. D. Dueben ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gossypium Hirsutum ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Trichoplusia Ni ◽  
Sexual Attraction ◽  
Cabbage Looper ◽  
Gossypium Hirsutum L ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

Development and ultrastructure of sex-pheromone gland cells in females of the cabbage looper moth, Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 220-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Percy
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Trichoplusia Ni ◽  
Cabbage Looper ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Tubular Structures ◽  
Gland Cells ◽  
Cabbage Looper Moth ◽  
Sex Pheromone Gland ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
Tubular Endoplasmic Reticulum

The sex-pheromone-producing gland in female Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) is a modified intersegmental membrane and the gland cells are ductless. Lipid spheres are located throughout gland cells and vary both in number and size relative to the age of the female. Most of the lipid is surrounded by oval to elongate distensions of smooth tubular endoplasmic reticulum which contain the enzyme catalase and are thus microperoxisomes. Lipid spheres evert the apical plasma membrane between microvilli, move away from the gland cells, and are stored in the cuticle as discrete lipid deposits. These deposits, in turn, move to the surface of the gland by tubular structures that differ from epicuticular filaments.

Mating Disruption of Diamondback Moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) and Cabbage Looper (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Cabbage Using a Blend of Pheromones Emitted from the Same Dispenser1

1997 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. R. Mitchell ◽  
G. Y. Hu ◽  
J. Okine ◽  
J. R. McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Trichoplusia Ni ◽  
Mating Disruption ◽  
Diamondback Moth ◽  
Cabbage Looper ◽  
Control Field ◽  
Economic Action ◽  
Action Threshold ◽  
Larval Count ◽  
Rope Dispensers ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

Experiments were conducted in commercial plantings of cabbage in spring 1994 and 1995 to evaluate the efficacy of a blend of pheromones for diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus), and cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni (Hübner), for disrupting mating when dispensed simultaneously from Yoto-con-S® ‘rope’ dispensers (Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan). A 12.1-ha cabbage field was treated with pheromone in 1994 using a blend of (Z)-11-hexadecenal, (Z)-11-hexadecen-l-ol acetate, and (Z)-11-hexadecanol in a 49:50:1 ratio for diamondback moth and (Z)-7-dodecen-l-ol acetate and (Z)-7-dodecen-l-ol in a 98:2 ratio for cabbage looper. The test was repeated in 1995 using a 10.1-ha cabbage field. In 1995, 24.6 ha of cabbage also were treated with a blend of diamondback moth-only pheromone: (Z)-11-hexadecenal and (Z)-11-hexadecen-l-ol acetate in a 50:50 ratio. All pheromone treatments were applied at the rate of 1,000 m rope per ha within 2 wk after the cabbage was planted. Captures of diamondback moth and cabbage looper males in traps baited with synthetic pheromones and mating by laboratory-reared sentinel females in pheromone-treated fields were significantly reduced for 7 to 9 wk post-treatment relative to control areas. Larval infestation data on cabbage were insufficient to establish the effect, if any, of the diamondback moth/cabbage looper combination pheromone treatment on cabbage looper control. In 1995, the diamondback moth pheromone only and the diamondback moth/cabbage looper combination pheromone effectively suppressed diamondback moth larval numbers below the composite economic action threshold of 0.3 larva per cabbage plant for approximately 60 days. A single application of pesticide quickly reduced the diamondback moth larval count below the action threshold in the pheromone-treated cabbage, and no further pesticide applications were required. The correspondent control field was sprayed 7 times with pesticides for control of diamondback moth.

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