Just what is it that beet armyworms want when it comes to choosing a place to raise offspring? After all, these insects live on a wide variety of plants, including cotton--a crop to which they can lay waste.
There is a lot of anecdotal evidence about what attracts the beet armyworm to particular plants and fields. But what is "known" on that basis may not be exactly so.
Now, data from ARS scientists at the Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center in Weslaco, ...