Year: 1965
Type: article
Abstract: O UBTERRANEAN PORTIONS of corn plants have been attacked by over a k3 dozen species or taxonomic groups of insects since commercial production of corn began in Illinois.However, prior to 1953, there was little quantitative data to indicate the abundance of any single species or groups of species, or to explain the relationship between insect infestation and crop rotation.In 1953, a study was begun to determine the incidence of infestation by those insects which attack either the seed, the roots, or the underground portion of the stalk.Population density studies for these insects were made for the period 1954 through 1963 as a byproduct of a more intensive study of insect control.Although some 15 insect species or groups were found to damage the seed, roots, or stalk of corn below ground level, it was feasible to study only 6 groups wireworms, white grubs, the cornfield ant, the corn-root aphid, rootworms, and the grape colaspis.
Authors: J. H. Bigger, Howard Bliss Petty
Language: English
Subfield: Insect Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2567525273