Corn:
Seedcorn Beetle (Agonoderus lecontei and Clivina impressifrons)
| Author: | OMAFRA Staff
| | Creation Date: | 29
June 2005 | | Last Reviewed: |
18 August 2009
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Excerpt from Chapter
1, Field Crop Protection Guide, Order
this publication Table of Contents - Description
- Integrated
Pest Management Options
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Description
Seedcorn beetles are small, brown
ground beetles, less than 1 cm (1/3 in.) long, that are primarily predators of
small insects but may feed on the germinating corn seeds under slow emergence.
Beneficial ground beetles look very similar to seedcorn
beetles but are usually larger. Integrated Pest Management OptionsRisk
factors: no-till, backwards spring, slow emergence conditions. No registered
products available at this time.
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