%0 Book Section
%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:8284
%I Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd.
%P 1-6
%T Helicoverpa—The Global Problem
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/8284/
%X 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.