Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest that draba and shepherd's purse growing in vine rows might help reduce climbing cutworm damage to grapevine buds.
- Interactor
- climbing cutworm
Xestia c-nigrume0pest - Outcome
- climbing cutworm damage to the buds of grapevinese0
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Verbatim
e0“The results of this study suggest that the winter annual mustards draba and shepherd's purse that often grow abundantly in vine rows might help reduce climbing cutworm damage to the buds of grapevines”
Title
A. M. Mostafa; D. T. Lowery; L.B.M. Jensen; et al. Environmental Entomology 2011. doi:10.1603/en11049
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- Observation Tah tsai (Brassica rapa var. rosularis) was a superior host for the pest A. orbis, giving shorter time to adult eclosion, heavier pupae and higher survival.
- Observation Later-instar A. orbis larvae died when fed draba.
- Observation A. orbis larvae reared on shepherd's purse did not survive beyond the third instar.
- Observation White clover was an unsuitable host for A. orbis throughout development.
- Observation Grape leaves were an unsuitable host for A. orbis throughout development.
- Observation Fifth-instar A. orbis larvae preferred plants of the Brassicaceae family, dandelion and strawberry over postdormant grape buds in choice tests.