Tob. Sci., 1987, 31-18, p.67-69, ISSN. 0082-4523
Tobacco budworm control and susceptibility to acephate and methomyl on flue-cured tobacco in Florida
TAPPAN W.B.; ROSE R.L.; SPARKS T.C.
North Florida Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida, Quincy, FL, USA; Department of Entomology, Louisiana, Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
The possible failure of acephate and methomyl sprays in control of the tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens (F.), on flue-cured tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum L., in Florida was evaluated in the field in 1985 and 1986. Acephate at 1.13 to 1.22 kg Al/ha...