Corpus ID: 17201322

Nocturnal predators and their impact on lepidopteran eggs in annual crops: what we don't see does help us!

@inproceedings{Pfannenstiel2005NocturnalPA,
  title={Nocturnal predators and their impact on lepidopteran eggs in annual crops: what we don't see does help us!},
  author={R. Pfannenstiel},
  year={2005}
}

R. Pfannenstiel

Published 2005

Biology

Predation is often a key factor maintaining insect populations below pest status in annual crops. However, in many cases, the predators causing significant mortality to particular pests in the field are not well understood. In particular, the complex of nocturnally active predators feeding on pest species is usually unknown. The predator complexes attacking lepidopteran eggs in cotton, corn and soybean in south Texas, U.S.A., were determined with the goal of characterizing diurnal and nocturnal… CONTINUE READING

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