Adana İlindeki Mısır Üretim Alanlarında Zararlı Mısır Kurtlarının (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Noctuidae) Yaygınlık Durumunun Belirlenmesi

The survey studies were carried out on the first and second crop maize areas in Adana to determine the distribution of the corn stem borers. It has been determined that the damaged plant ratio due to the stem borers was ranged between 17.83 and 51.94% in the first crop maize and varied from 5.18 to 32.36% in the second crop maize. C. partellus was the most common pest insect species in the vegetative period of both first and second crop maize. In the tassel + cob period, C. partellus was the most common species in the first crop maize, while O. nubilalis was the dominant species in second crop maize. Sesamia nonagrioides was recorded in very low rates in all sampling locations. With this study, it was determined that C. partellus was the main pest species in the first crop corn, and also it can cause damage in the second crop maize in the early growing season.