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See the latest earworm management tactics in new ‘Focus on Corn’ webcast


St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
March 6, 2015

The corn earworm is one of the most universally known, economically significant pests of corn. Some consider it to be the most costly crop pest in North America.

If growers can tighten their grip around this abundant pest, they are making a great contribution to their bottom line.

In the latest ‘Focus on Corn’ webcast, titled “Corn Earworm Management in Corn,” Dr. Robert Bowling, Assistant Professor and Extension Entomology Specialist at Texas A&M University, helps consultants, county agents, growers, and other practitioners in corn producing regions of the United States gain a better understand this economically significant pest.

This talk includes all the essentials to help users better understand corn earworm, including:

  •          Identification
  •          Monitoring and management options
  •          Overwintering cycle
  •          Seasonal movement
  •          Biology

This 26-minute presentation is open access through August 31, 2015.

These and other 'Focus on Corn' presentations can be viewed at www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/foc.

Webcasts on a variety of other crops can be found in PMN’s Education Center.

‘Focus on Corn’ is a publication of the Plant Management Network.  To get the most out of the Plant Management Network’s full line of resources, please sign up for PMN’s free electronic newsletter, PMN Update.

The Plant Management Network (www.plantmanagementnetwork.org) is a nonprofit online publisher whose mission is to enhance the health, management, and production of agricultural and horticultural crops. It achieves this mission through applied, science-based resources, like ‘Focus on Corn.’

To help achieve its nonprofit publishing mission, PMN partners with more than 80 organizations, which include universities, nonprofits, and agribusinesses.
 



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Published: March 6, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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