Effects of green manure cover crops on spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) populations

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 897-905

  Tuan, Shu Jen ^a   Li, Nian Jhen ^a   Yeh, Chih Chun ^a   Tang, Li Cheng ^a   Chi, Hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

rapeseed; sesbania; Spodoptera litura; sunn hemp; two sex life table

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRASSICA RAPA; CROP; CROTALARIA; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SESBANIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPODOPTERA; TAIWAN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BRASSICA RAPA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CROTALARIA; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SESBANIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPODOPTERA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84901787828     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC13435     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. (AFA)Agriculture and Food Agency. 2013. Agriculture and Food Agency, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (http://farmer.afa.gov.tw/ content-en.asp).
2. Ahmad, M., M. Arif, and M. Ahmad. 2007. Occurrence of insecticide resistance in field populations of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Pakistan. Crop Prot. 26: 809-817.
3. Ahmad, M., A. Ghaffar, and M. Rafiq. 2013. Host plants of leaf worm, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Pakistan. Asian J. Agric. Biol. 1: 23-28.
4. Awmack, C. S., and S. R. Leather. 2002. Host plant quality and fecundity in herbivorous insects. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 47: 817-844.
5. Blanco, C. A., A. P. Teran-Vargas, C. A. Abel, M. Portilla, M. G. Rojas, J. A. Morales-Ramos, and G. L. Snodgrass. 2006. Plant host effect on the development of Heliothis virescens F. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Environ. Entomol. 37: 1538-1547.
6. Chaudhury, J., D. P. Singh, and S. K. Hazra. 1993. Sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea, L.). Central Research Institute for Jute & Allied Fibres (ICAR, India). (http://assamagribusiness.nic.in/cropguideagri.htm).
7. Chen, C. N., and W. F. Hsiao. 1984. In fluence of food and temperature on life history traits and population parameters of Spodoptera litura Fabricius. Plant Prot. Bull. 26: 219-229.
8. Chi, H. 1988. Life-table analysis incorporating both sexes and variable development rates among individuals. Environ. Entomol. 17: 26-34.
9. Chi, H. 1990. Timing of control based on the stage structure of pest population: A simulation approach. J. Econ. Entomol. 83: 1143-1150.
10. Chi, H. 2013a. TWOSEX-MSChart: A computer program for the age-stage, two-sex life table analysis. (http://140. 120.197.173/Ecology/Download/Twosex- MSChart.rar).
11. Chi, H. 2013b. Timing-MSChart: A computer program for the population projection based on age-stage, two-sex life table. (http://140.120.197.173/ Ecology/Download/TIMING-MSChart.rar).
12. Chi, H., and H. Liu. 1985. Two new methods for the study of insect population ecology. Bull. Inst. Zool. Acad. Sin. 24: 225-240.
13. Dreyfus B. G. Rinaudo Y. Dommergues 1985 Observations on the use of Sesbania rostrata as green manure in paddy fields Mircen. J 1 111-121.
14. Dunnett, C. W. 1980. Pairwise multiple comparisons in the homogeneous variance, unequal sample size case. J. Am. Stat. Assoc. 75: 789-795.
15. Efron, B., and R. J. Tibshirani. 1993. An Introduction to the Bootstrap. Chapman & Hall, New York, NY.
16. Fei, W. C., Y. C. Wang, F. H. Chen, H. M. Lin, and Y. H. Li. 2010. Plant Protection Manual. TACTRI/COA, Taiwan.
17. Goodman, D. 1982. Optimal life histories, optimal notation, and the value of reproductive value. Am. Nat. 119: 803-823.
18. Greenberg, S. M., T. W. Sappington, B. C. Legaspi, T. X. Liu, and M. Setamou. 2001. Feeding and life history of Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on different host plants. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 94: 566-575.
19. Huang, Y. B., and H. Chi. 2012. Assessing the application of the jackknife and bootstrap techniques to the estimation of the variability of the net reproductive rate a nd gross reproductive rate: A case study in Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae). J. Agric. For. 61: 37-45.
20. Huang, Y. B., and H. Chi. 2013. Life tables of Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae): With an invalidation of the jackknife technique. J. Appl. Entomol. 137: 327-339.
21. Hwang, S. Y., C. H. Liu, and T. C. Shen. 2008. Effects of plant nutrient availability and host plant species on the performance of two Pieris butterfl ies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 36: 505-513.
22. Jha, R. K., H. Chi, and L. C. Tang. 2012. A Comparison of artificial diet and hybrid sweet corn for the rearing of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) based on life table characteristics. Environ. Entomol. 41: 30-39.
23. Jiang, M. Y., J. H. Gao, Y. B. Huang, and Y. S. Xie. 2010. The management of Spodoptera litura in green manure field. Technical Services of TARI/COA. 82: 19-22.
24. Lee, K. P. 2007. The interactive effects of protein quality and macronutrient imbalance on nutrient balancing in an insect herbivore. J. Exp. Biol. 210: 3236-3244.
25. Liu, Z. D., D.M.Li, P. Y. Gong, and K. J.Wu. 2004. Life table studies of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), on different host plants. Environ. Entomol. 33: 1570-1576.
26. Lu, Z. Q., and Y. H. Xu. 1998. The consideration of the incessant outbreak of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera. Entomol. Knowl. 35: 132-136.
27. Marutani, M. 2003. Sunn hemp, a green manure on Chinese cabbage production on Guam. Micronesica 7: 83-91.
28. Meagher, R. L., R. N. Nagoshi, C. Stuhl, and E. R. Mitchell. 2004. Larval development of fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on different cover crop plants. Fla. Entomol. 84: 454-460.
29. Mehrkhou, F., A. A. Talebi, S. Moharramipour, and V. H. Naveh. 2012. Demographic parameters of Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on different soybean cultivars. Environ. Entomol. 41: 326-332.
30. Ou-Yang, S. C. 1994. Life table of the tobacco cutworm (Spodoptera litura (F.)). Chin. J. Entomol. 14: 183-205.
31. Qin, H. G., Z. X. Ye, S. J. Huang, J. Ding, and R. H. Luo. 2004. The correlations of the different host plants with preference level, life duration and survival r ate of Spodoptera litura Fabricius. Chin. J. Eco-Agri. 12: 40-42.
32. Selvi, R. V., T. Nadanassababady, and P. Rajendran. 2005. Green manuring in lowland rice-A review. Agric. Rev. 26: 14-26.
33. Shahout, H., J. Xu, X. Yao, and Q. Jia. 2011. Infl uence and mechanism of different host plants on the growth, development and, fecundity of reproductive system of common cutworm Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). A sian J. Agric. Sci. 3: 291-300.
34. TARI 2013Ten-day monitoring report of three noctuids in Changhua, Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan area. Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan. (http://www.tari.gov.tw).
35. (TNDAIS) Tainan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station. 2010. Tainan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (http://pda.tndais.gov.tw/tech One.aspserNo655).
36. Tojo, S., Y. Hayakawa, and P. Phaophan. 2008. Strains in the common cutworm, Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with differing host ranges. Appl. Entomol. Zool. 43: 491-496.
37. Tuan, S. J., S. S. Kao, Y. C. Chao, and R. F. Hou. 1997. Investigation of pathogenicity of AcMNPV to nine Lepidopteran pests in Taiwan. Chin. J. Entomol. 17: 209-225.
38. Tuan S. J., W. L. Chen, and S. S. Kao. 1999. In vivo mass production and control efficacy of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) nucleopolyhedrovirus. Chin. J. Entomol. 19: 167-186.
39. Xue, M., Y. H. Pang, H. T. Wang, Q. L. Li, and T. X. Liu. 2010. Effects of four host plants on biology and food utilization of the cutworm, Spodoptera litura. J. Insect Sci. 10: 1-14.
40. Zhou, Z., Z. Chen, and Z. Xu. 2010. Potential of trap crops for integrated management of the tropical armyworm, Spodoptera litura in tobacco. J. Insect Sci. 10: 1-11.