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Control techniques of sweet potato diamondback moth

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Spodoptera litura belongs to the family Lepidoptera, which mainly harms sweet potatoes. The larvae eat the leaves and tender stems of sweet potatoes, and when serious, they can eat up the leaves, which has a great impact on the yield. There are 3-4 generations a year in Henan Province, overwintering with pupae at a depth of 10 cm under the soil. Feathering in May of the following year. Adults lie dormant during the day and fly out after dusk. Adults have a strong phototaxis.

Sweet potato moth belongs to Lepidoptera family, mainly harm sweet potato. Larvae eat sweet potato leaves and tender stems, serious when the leaves can be eaten up, affecting the yield is very large. In Henan Province, it has 3-4 generations a year and overwinters as pupae 10 cm below the soil. May of the following year. Adults lie dormant during the day and fly out after dusk. Adult phototaxis strong, can migrate far to reproduce harm. The newly hatched larvae have the habit of feeding on egg shells, and the older the insect age, the larger the food intake. Summer rainfall less, high temperature, conducive to the occurrence of sweet potato moth and damage. 1. Agricultural measures. Harrowing sweet potato fields in winter and spring, destroying their wintering environment, killing pupae and reducing insect sources; killing larvae in early stage combined with field management; using the habit of adults sucking nectar, killing them with syrup poison bait in the peak stage of adults, or killing them in places with abundant nectar sources to reduce the number of eggs in the field. 2. Chemical control. Spray 2.5% trichlorfon powder or 1.5% 1605 powder 1.5-2 kg powder per mu; or spray 90% crystalline trichlorfon or 80% dichlorvos emulsion 2000 times solution; or spray 20% Bt emulsion 500 times solution.

 
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