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The European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis), also known as the European corn worm or European high-flyer, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is a pest of grain, particularly maize ( Zea mays ). The insect is native to Europe, originally infesting varieties of millet , including broom corn .
The Asian corn borer is most commonly found throughout Asia and Southeast Asia. More specifically, it is located in China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Lao, Myanmar, and Cambodia. [5] There are also a limited number in the Solomon Islands, Africa, and parts of ...
The Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis, is one of the biggest pests of maize in Asia, causing 10%-30% of yield losses in the field, and in some cases up to 80% yield loss. [7] These pests carry fungal pathogens (such as Bipolaris maydis and Curvularia lunata ) which cause diseases such as maydis leaf blight and curvularia leaf spot in the crop.
European corn borer [ edit ] Late in the year 1917 the widely distributed European and Asiatic pest Pyrausta nubilalis Hubn. , a moth whose larva is a borer, was discovered to have become established in an area approximately of 100 square miles (259 km 2 ) in several counties in eastern Massachusetts, where it caused serious injury to corn and ...
The European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) and southern cornstalk borer (Diatraea crambidoides), formerly considered snout moths, are placed in the Crambidae which, as noted above, are usually regarded as a separate family today.
Corn line MON802 was developed through genetic modification to be tolerant [3] to glyphosate herbicide and protect the plant from the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) (the Bt trait). [ 4 ] MON 809 is an Insect Resistant maize under license from Monsanto.
Bahasa Indonesia; Íslenska; ... [12] Trichogramma ostriniae, provide limited and erratic control of the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis), a serious pest.
Diatraea grandiosella, southwestern corn borer; Podosesia syringae, ash borer or lilac borer; Melittia cucurbitae, squash vine borer, a pest of cucurbit vines; Ostrinia, pests of maize and other plants