Degree day-based model predicts pink bollworm phenology across geographical locations of subtropics and semi-arid tropics of India

Abstract There is a global concern about the effects of climate change driven shifts in species phenology on crop pests. Using geographically and temporally extensive data set of moth trap catches and temperatures across the cotton growing states of India, we predicted the phenology of cotton pink b...

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Main Authors: Babasaheb B. Fand, V. S. Nagrare, S. K. Bal, V. Chinna Babu Naik, B. V. Naikwadi, D. J. Mahule, Nandini Gokte-Narkhedkar, V. N. Waghmare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80184-6