Wednesday, December 12, 2007
D0628

Influence of green peach aphid (Myzus persicae), tobacco flea beetle (Epitrix hirtipennis), and tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) control on the yield of biomass tobacco

Paul J. Semtner, psemtner@vt.edu1, T. David Reed, treed@vt.edu1, and Lakshmipathi Srigiriraju, pathi@vt.edu2. (1) Virginia Tech, Southern Piedmont AREC, 2375 Darvills Road, Blackstone, VA, (2) Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Southern Piedmont AREC and Department of Entomology, 2375 Darvills Road, Blackstone, Virginia



Species 1: Hemiptera Aphididae Myzus persicae (green peach aphid)
Species 2: Lepidoptera Sphingidae Manduca sexta (tobacco hornworm)
Species 3: Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Epitrix hirtipennis (tobacco flea beetle)