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tobacco budworm

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tobacco budworm
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The destructive larva of a noctuid moth (Heliothis virescens) that feeds on tobacco plants in the southern United States and cotton plants in Peru.
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Noun1.tobacco budworm - larva of a noctuid mothtobacco budworm - larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
corn earworm, cotton bollworm, Heliothis zia, tomato fruitworm, vetchworm
family Noctuidae, Noctuidae - cutworms; armyworms
bollworm - any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
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is an authority on the genetics controlling cotton plants' natural ability to resist attack by boll weevils, cotton bollworms, tobacco budworms, tarnished plant bugs and microscopic worms known as nematodes.
Three USDA scientists by Food & Drink Weekly
This investigation assesses the rate of parasitism of tobacco budworms collected on tobacco plots treated with insecticides, including Orthene, Tracer, and S-1812, and compares that rate with that of uncontrolled plots to determine if insecticides kill parasitoids that are beneficial to the crops and farmers.
The effect of various insecticides on parasitoids of Heliothis ... by Markwell, Poppy / Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science
Hamadain, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217 Susceptibility of laboratory strains of tobacco budworm (TBW) and corn earworm (CEW) to five organophosphorus insecticides (OP) was investigated using standard topical application procedure.
Zoology and entomology by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
 
 
 
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