relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/8284/
title: Helicoverpa—The Global Problem
creator: Gowda, C L L
subject: Entomology
description: The legume pod borer or cotton bollworm [Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner)] is one of the most important constraint to crop production globally. It is polyphagous and attacks  more than 182 plant species, including cotton (Plate 1.1a), chickpea (plate 1.1b), pigeonpea (Plate 1.1c), peas, cowpea, sunfower, sorghum, groundnut, field beans, tomato (plate 1.1d) tobacco,maize and a range of vegetables, fruit crops and tree species. Helicoverpa armigera is widely distributed in  Asia, Africa, Australia and the Mediterranean Europe.
publisher: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd.
contributor: Sharma, H C
date: 2005
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/8284/1/Helicoverpa_1-6_2005.pdf
identifier:   Gowda, C L L  (2005) Helicoverpa—The Global Problem.   In:  Heliothis/Helicoverpa Management Emerging Trends and Strategies for Future Research.   Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi, India, pp. 1-6.  ISBN 81-204-1650-3