The possibilities of using pheromone traps and total thermal summation in estimating adult emergence of Pectinophora gossypiella (Saund.), a pest of cotton growing areas in Amik plain

In 1996-1999, studies on the utilization of pheromone traps for the estimation of adult emergence and the observation of the seasonal population dynamics of Pectinophora gossypiella (Saund.), which tends to spread in cotton growing areas, and on the determination of day-degree values for its biological stages were carried out in Amik Plain.