Effects of Bt-cotton cultivation on Helicoverpa armigera activity-density in agricultural landscapes in northwestern China

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第一作者： Li, Minlong

作者： Li, Minlong;Yang, Yizhong;Li, Minlong;Yang, Long;Jia, Shuangshuang;Kang, Shuyuan;Lu, Yanhui;Lu, Yanhui

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关键词： Helicoverpa armigera; agricultural landscape; path density; Bt cotton

期刊名称：PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE （ 影响因子：3.8； 五年影响因子：4.3 ）

ISSN： 1526-498X

年卷期： 2025 年 81 卷 2 期

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摘要： BACKGROUND: Cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (H & uuml;bner), threatens many crops. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton has been planted to control this severe pest in northern Xinjiang, China. In 2021 and 2022, we monitored the activity densities of H. armigera males using sex pheromone traps in Bt cotton and non-Bt maize fields. We assessed how much of the population variation of cotton bollworm in the fields within the Bt cotton planting area could be explained by (i) landscape composition [including the proportion of Bt cotton among total area of host crops (cotton, maize, wheat and vegetables)], (ii) landscape configuration (patch density - i.e. the number of patches within a given area) across 0.5-2.0 km scales, or (iii) the population density of the previous pest generation. RESULTS: Cotton bollworm activity-density exhibited two distinct peaks annually (mid- to late May and mid-July each year), with the number of males caught during the second peak significantly and positively correlated with the first peak's numbers. The suppressive effect of the proportion of Bt cotton in the landscape on bollworms was more pronounced at larger scales, and patch density had a significant positive effect on bollworm activity density. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support (i) the promotion of Bt cotton in northwestern China has reduced and suppressed the occurrence of cotton bollworms at the landscape scale and (ii) the importance of controlling spring populations for effective summer outbreak management, and (iii) that cotton bollworm control should be coordinated at a large scale across multiple crop fields. (c) 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.

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