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1 August 2009 Effect of Planting Date on Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Density—Yield Relationship on Rice in Southeastern Texas
L. Espino, M. O. Way, R. Pearson, M. Nunez
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Abstract

Results of planting date and insecticide efficacy experiments targeting Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on rice, Oryza sativa L., in southeastern Texas between 2002 and 2007 were used to determine density—yield relationships as a function of planting date. Soil core samples were collected on two dates during main crop development to estimate immature L. oryzophilus populations followed by main and ratoon crop harvests. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) revealed that planting date did not affect the density-main crop yield relationship during most years and that these relationships varied substantially among years. For ratoon crop yield, an effect of main crop L. oryzophilus immature infestation was detected during some years, but the real effect of these populations on ratoon crop yield remains unclear. Using estimates of yield reduction per L. oryzophilus immature, economic injury levels were calculated. Main crop yields from treated plots and first soil core sample L. oryzophilus immature populations from untreated plots were significantly higher in plots planted at recommended dates than in plots planted earlier or later. This suggests that the presence of high populations of reproductive L. oryzophilus coincides with the period when rice fields planted at optimum dates are flooded. Results from this study reinforce the importance of managing L. oryzophilus populations when planting rice at recommended dates in southeastern Texas.

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L. Espino, M. O. Way, R. Pearson, and M. Nunez "Effect of Planting Date on Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Density—Yield Relationship on Rice in Southeastern Texas," Journal of Economic Entomology 102(4), 1536-1545, (1 August 2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/029.102.0418
Received: 20 February 2009; Accepted: 1 June 2009; Published: 1 August 2009
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KEYWORDS
density—yield relationship
economic injury level
Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus
Oryza sativa
planting date
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