Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2006

Journal or Book Title

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volume

99

Issue

6

First Page

1987

Last Page

1993

DOI

10.1603/0022-0493-99.6.1987

Abstract

Choice tests were conducted to determine feeding preferences of European corn borer,Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), neonates for 15 species of plants. Percentage of neonates accepting (found on) each leaf disc after 24 h was measured using choice tests. Initially, nine species of plants were evaluated. The following year, 10 plant species were evaluated during O. nubilalis first generation and 11 species during the second generation. Pennsylvania smartweed, Polygonum pennsylvanicum (L.), had the highest percentage of neonates accepting leaf discs in both years. Other plants with high acceptance rates included swamp smartweed, Polygonum amphibium L.; velvetleaf, Abutilon theophrasti Medicus; cocklebur, Xanthium strumarium L.; and yellow foxtail, Setaria glauca (L.). Corn, Zea mays L., consistently had low percentages of neonates accepting leaf discs along with common waterhemp, Amaranthus rudis Sauer. Implications these results may have on O. nubilalis host plant selection in central Iowa’s corn dominated landscape are considered.

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This article is from Journal of Economic Entomology; 99 (2006); 1987-1993; doi: 10.1603/0022-0493-99.6.1987

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