Evaluation of synthetic sex pheromone of sugarcane top borer (scirpophaga excerptalis walk)

Accumulated thermal time, a key factor i

Accumulated thermal time, a key factor in affecting generation initiation and duration of top borer, Scirpophaga excerptalis Walker of sugarcane for its model-based chemical control

✍ Arun K. Srivastava; D. C. Srivastava; O. K. Sinha; Rajesh Kumar 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 211 KB

## Abstract The seasonal variation in the initiation and duration of the I–III generations of the top borer was observed and analysed during five crop cycles from 2002–2003 to 2006–2007 at Lucknow in central Uttar Pradesh. The durations of the I–III generations were significantly correlated with th