Western Bean Cutworm Short Course
A distance education short course
February 28, 2007, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon (CST)
To view the videos from the North Central IPM Center webserver please click on the underlined link. You must have Apple QuickTime installed.
Review of the Situation 2000-2006 (Iowa, Illinois Wisconsin, and elsewhere)--Marlin Rice, Iowa State University, Ames; Kevin Steffey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Eileen Cullen, University of Wisconsin, Madison (there are three videos for this part of the short course--please click on the author's name to view their video)
History and Biology of the Western Bean Cutworm--Gary Hein, University of Nebraska, Scottsbluff
Economic Impact of Western Bean Cutworms--Gary Hein and Marlin Rice
Look Alikes--Moths and Larvae...How to differentiate western bean cutworm moths and larvae from look-alikes--Marlin Rice
Managing Western Bean Cutworms--Trapping, Degree Days, Scouting, Making Management Decisions, and Options for Control--All speakers