Abstract
The "corn silk fly" of maize (Euxesta spp. Loew, 1868) appeared in 2005 in Santa Fe (Argentina), causing damage to the ears. The attacks are related to temperature, crop growth stage and previous attack of other pests. For this new pest, we determined the species present, the damage on Bt sweet corn plantings in two seasons (August and February), the association of attacks with Heliothis zea (Boddie, 1850) and the presence of parasitoids. Larvae counts of H. zea and Euxesta spp. began in the phenological stage of R2 and ended in R5 and consisted of removing at random from each batch (three for each planting season) four ears. In laboratory we determined the percentage of damage on the ears and number of larvae of Euxesta spp. and H. zea, discriminated by size. Fly was identified as E. eluta, damage was greatest in the early spring planting corn. Attacks were correlated with H. zea.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
The corn silk fly species was E. eluta.
- Interactor
- E. eluta
Euxesta elutae1pest - Outcome
- Fly was identified as E. elutae1
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The "corn silk fly" of maize (Euxesta spp. Loew, 1868)”
e1“Fly was identified as E. eluta”
Claim · model-written summary
Ear damage was greatest in early spring planted corn.
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EuxestaOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“damage was greatest in the early spring planting corn.”
e1“The "corn silk fly" of maize (Euxesta spp. Loew, 1868)”
Claim · model-written summary
Euxesta attacks correlated with H. zea attacks.
- Interactor
- H. zea
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Helicoverpa zeae0pest - Outcome
- Attacks were correlated with H. zeae0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Attacks were correlated with H. zea.”
e1“The "corn silk fly" of maize (Euxesta spp. Loew, 1868)”