Dakshina R. Seal

Impacts of an oviposition deterrent pheromone and nanoparticle clay on Anthonomus eugenii (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) behavior under laboratory conditions.

Anthonomus eugenii Cano, the pepper weevil, is a devastating pest of peppers (Capsicum spp.). A. eugenii is a pest in both field and greenhouse pepper production across North America, with field production generally impacted in Central America, Mexico, the southern United States, and Hawaii, and greenhouse production b...