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Suitable oviposition site for corn rootworms (coleoptera, chrysomelidae) resulting from concentration of rainwater by corn plant

✍ Scribed by Vernon M. Kirk

Book ID: 102621856
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1975
Weight: 203 KB
Volume: 15
Category: Article
ISSN: 0002-1571
DOI: 10.1016/0002-1571(75)90022-9

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✦ Synopsis

Kirk, V. M., 1975. Suitable oviposition site for rootworms (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) resulting from concentration of rainwater by corn plant. Agric. Meteorol., 15: 113--116.

Corn, by the arrangement and shape of its leaves, can direct rainwater to the soil at the base of the plants. Thus water from a very light rain is available to the plants. This moisture makes soil cracks around the plants acceptable as oviposition sites for corn rootworms (Diabrotica spp.).