Environmental Entomology (1981) 10, 372-374

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T.C. Cleveland, B.W. Hanny and Joe Riley (1981)
Tobacco budworm: Effect of larval feeding on presquaring cotton
Environmental Entomology 10 (3), 372-374
Abstract: Three cultivars of cotton Gossypium hirsutum (L.) at four presquare stages of plant growth were caged in the greenhouse and infested with one 3rd-instar larva of the tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens (F.), per plant per 72 h. Larval feeding damaged terminal buds in 70% of the infested plants. In addition, such feeding caused swollen nodes, shortened internodes, damaged leaves, and excessive branching of the main stems; these symptoms are very similar to those described for the 'crazy cotton' phenomenon.
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Heliothis virescens Cotton (Gossypium)
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