Spatial and temporal dynamics of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in contrasting agricultural landscapes in northwestern China

Author： Lu Zhao Zhi  

Publisher： Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN： 1366-5863

Source： International Journal of Pest Management, Vol.59, Iss.1, 2013-01, pp. : 25-34

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Abstract

The moth Helicoverpa armigera is a pest of worldwide agricultural importance, especially on cotton. The abundance of H. armigera adults was monitored throughout the spring and the summer (the flight period) for 4 years (2007 to 2010) using light traps in northern Xinjiang, China. Traps were placed in landscapes which varied in cropping complexity, to determine if such variability might influence the pest's population dynamics. Traps were located on commercial farms which varied in the relative amounts of cotton, tomatoes, sugar beet, corn and wheat that were grown. The type of agricultural landscape significantly influenced the abundance of H. armigera adults. The lowest numbers of moths were caught in simpler crop systems where cotton predominated, and the greatest numbers were caught where the proportions of tomatoes, corn and wheat amongst crops were highest. Although the data were collected from a region where transgenic (Bt) cotton is yet to be used, our results suggest that diverse landscape designs should assist the management of Bt resistance in H. armigera in regions employing such transgenic cotton, through the production of large numbers of moths from non-Bt plants, the provision being that Bt is deployed only in cotton, not other crops.

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