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http://dx.doi.org/10.5656/KSAE.2009.48.2.237

Economic Injury Level of Mamestra brassicae L. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Early Stage of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var capitata L.)  

Kang, Taek-Jun (Horticultural & Herbal Crop Environment Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA)
Jeon, Heung-Yong (Horticultural & Herbal Crop Environment Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA)
Kim, Hyeong-Hwan (Horticultural & Herbal Crop Environment Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA)
Yang, Chang-Yeol (Horticultural & Herbal Crop Environment Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA)
Kim, Dong-Soon (The Research Institute for Subtropical Agriculture and Biotechnology, Department of Plant Resources Science, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Jeju National University)
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Korean journal of applied entomology / v.48, no.2, 2009 , pp. 237-243 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to develop economic injury level (ElL) and economic threshold (ET) of Cabbage armyworm, Mamestra brassicae L. on cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var). The changes of cabbage biomass and M. brassicae density were investigated after introduction of larval M. brassicae (2nd instar) at different densities: 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 larvae per plant at 40 d after planting for an open field experiment, and 0, 2, 5, 8 and 12 larvae per plant at 25 d after planting for a glass house experiment. In the field experiment, the yield loss of cabbage was not significantly different among treated-plots at 30 d after the larval introduction, showing an over-compensatory response of cabbage plants to M. brassicae attack. In the glasshouse experiment, however, the biomass of cabbage at 15 d after the larval introduction significantly decreased with increasing the initial introduced number of M. brassicae, resulting in 38.3, 36.7, 21.7, 23.3 and 16.7g in above treated-plots, respectively. The relationship between cumulative insect days (CID) and yield loss (%) of cabbage was well described by a nonlinear logistic equation. Using the estimated equation, ElL of M. brassicae on cabbage was estimated at 44 CID per plant based on the yield loss 14%, which take into account of an empirical gain threshold 5% and marketable rate 91% of cabbage. Also, ET was calculated at 80% of the EIL: 35 CID per plant. Until a more elaborate EIL-model is developed, the present result may be useful for M. brassicae management at early growth stage of cabbage.
Keywords
Mamestra brassicae; Cabbage; Economic injury level; Economic threshold; Gain threshold;
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