HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
INSECT PESTS OF FRUITS PLANTATION MEDICINAL AROMATIC CROPS VEGETABLE ORNAMENTAL AND SPICE CROPS
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Corn
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Soybeans
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Sorghum
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Cotton
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Detailed explanation-1: -The cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis, was the most important pest of cotton in much of America’s Cotton Belt.
Detailed explanation-2: -Boll weevil, A. grandis, a historically devastating pest of cotton, was first reported from the US (Texas) in 1894 (Burke et al., 1986). For the next 30 years, approximately 87% of the growing area was infested and the cotton industry was decimated (Smith, 1998).
Detailed explanation-3: -Where Do Boll Weevils Live? Boll weevils are native to Central America and Mexico. While at one time they were widespread across the southern U.S., especially the cotton belt, they’re pretty much limited to Texas now. Boll weevils don’t just eat cotton; they make their homes in the cotton.