title: [Geostatistical analysis on distribution pattern of the tobacco budworm larva in Enshi, Hubei, China].
abstract: Tobacco budworm (Helicoverpa assulta) larvae feed on tobacco leaves (Nicotiana sp.), resulting in significant loss in tobacco production. Geostatistical method was used to analyze H. assulta spatial patterns and dynamics in this paper. The results showed that, H. assulta larvae appeared 40 days after the tobacco plants transplanting, and reached its peak at the early-mature period. The nested spherical and exponential model was the major model for tobacco budworm larva in the field, suggesting its aggregated distribution. The spatial variability C/(C0 + C) was larger than 0.75, which indicated H. assulta larva had wider structural variation and narrower random variation. There was a massive migration of tobacco budworm larva in the fast-growing stage of tobacco. Its quantity became stable after that, especially at the mature stage of tobacco.
authors.forename: Peng-Liang
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D007814:Larva; D009036:Moths / Q000254:growth & development*; D011156:Population Density; D062206:Spatial Analysis; D014026:Nicotiana