%0 Book Section
%A Sharma, H C
%A Stevenson, P C
%A Gowda, C L L
%B Heliothis/Helicoverpa Management Emerging Trends and Strategies for Future Research
%C New Delhi, India
%D 2005
%E Sharma, H C
%F icrisat:8282
%I Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd.
%P 453-461
%T Heliothis/Helicoverpa Management: Emerging Trends and Prospects for Future Research
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/8282/
%X The cotton bollworm/corn earworm/legume pod borer (Heliothis/Helicoverpa) are the most important constraints to increase the production and productivity of crops worldwide (Hardwick 1970; Fitt 1989). These pests damage a wide range of economically important crops including cotton, chickpea, pigeonpea, maize, peas, cowpea, sunflower, sorghum, groundnut, field beans, tobacco, a range of vegetables, fruit crops and tree species.