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Scientific Object Identifier: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-03-131-4
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2024.03.131.4
Language: English
Citation: Abduvasiqova, L. A. (2024). The life cycle, damage, and biocontrol of the cabbage moth. ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 03 (131), 38-41. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-03-131-4 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2024.03.131.4 |
Pages: 38-41
Published: 30.03.2024
Abstract: Mamestra brassicae, also known as the cabbage moth, is a polyphagous defoliator that consumes 70 plants from 22 families, including cabbage, sweet pepper, tomato, strawberry, lettuce, beetroot, onion, and rhubarb. Found in Europe, Japan, sub-tropical Asia, India, and North Africa, it has forewings ranging from grey-brown to black and a kidney-shaped white bordered marking in the center. The moth hides in crops during the day and only flies at dawn and evening. The caterpillars lay clusters of 20–100 eggs on the underside of leaves or in greenhouse construction a few days after emerging from their pupae. They are gregarious and feed on the margins of the leaves they land on, spreading across the entire plant starting with the third instar. Large caterpillars mostly consume the youngest leaves, skeletonizing them and leaving holes and frass in their wake. The commercial value of infested crops is lowered due to the caterpillars' massive leaf destruction and the accumulation of their frass inside the cabbage plant.
Key words: cabbage, moth, life, damage, cycle, plant types, massive leaf.
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