TY - JOUR AU - Gill, Harsimran Kaur AU - Goyal, Gaurav AU - Gillett-Kaufman, Jennifer L. PY - 2013/07/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Seedcorn maggot, Delia platura (Meigen) (Insecta: Diptera: Anthomyiidae): EENY566/IN1002, 7/2013 JF - EDIS JA - EDIS VL - 2013 IS - 6 SE - DO - 10.32473/edis-in1002-2013 UR - https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/121026 SP - AB - <p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The seedcorn maggot is a polyphagous pest, affecting more than 40 different host plants. It is an important pest of germinating soybeans and corn, and also attacks a wide range of horticultural crops including beans, peas, cucumber, melon, onion, pepper, potato, and other vegetables. Seedcorn maggots damage newly planted seeds by feeding on seed contents, often leaving empty seed shells and preventing germination. Although usually no more than 2% of the seedlings get infested by this insect, 30% to 60% plant loss may occur in the field. This 5-page fact sheet was written by Harsimran Kaur Gill, Gaurav Goyal, and Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, July 2013.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><a href="http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1002"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1002</span></a></p> ER -