Sentence examples for the cutworm from inspiring English sources

The cutworm (not a true worm) is a serious insect pest of tobacco and other crops.

It's already "War and Peace" out there in the vegetable patch, what with the unhealthy trend of swift but pummeling rainfall and the climate's hot flashes, not to mention the cutworm munching through the cabbage.

PlxyGV causes systemic infection to the diamondback moth P. xylostella (Plutellidae) larvae [ 43] and AgseGV infects the cutworm A. segetum (Noctuidae) [ 44].

Repeat this every few nights until you notice the cutworm population declining.

In their larval stage, however, the cutworms live in wheat fields on the plains of Montana and perhaps as far afield as Kansas, where farmers consider them a pest.

If you place barriers around the stems, the cutworms have a much more difficult time accessing the stems.

The downside to collaring is that every single stem will need its own collar to keep the cutworms away.

The cutworms won't be able to climb the surface of the cardboard and metal or scoot in underneath the bottom.

Although the dingy cutworm feeds similarly to the black cutworm, it eats mostly on the leaves of plants--either those cut by another worm or leaves that grow at the base of garden plants.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of four Turkish species of EPNs for the biological control of the variegated cutworm (VCW), P. saucia, under laboratory conditions.

The dingy is about the same size in length as the black cutworm.