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The Use of Aircraft in European Corn Borer Control

Year: 1950

Type: article

Abstract: The European corn borer is at present considered to be the No. 1 insect pest of corn in South Dakota. It is now known (by specimen records) to be present in every county east of the Missouri river and in Lyman, Gregory and Tripp counties west of the Missouri River in South Dakota. During 1948 the corn borer did an estimated $2,500,000 worth of damage in our state~ In 1949 this damage figure was increased to $7,545,000.

Source: Open PRAIRIE (South Dakota State University)

Author: Gerald B. Spawn

Language: English

Topic: Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

Subfield: Insect Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Life on land

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2603902537

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