@article{reagan_gooding_kennedy_1979, title={EVALUATION OF INSECTICIDES AND OIL FOR SUPPRESSION OF APHID-BORNE VIRUSES IN TOBACCO}, volume={72}, ISSN={["1938-291X"]}, DOI={10.1093/jee/72.4.538}, abstractNote={Preplant application of carbofuran, weekly sprays of acephate, or Sunoco 6E oil emulsion failed to delay or reduce incidence of 3 non persistent aphid transmitted viruses of tobacco, potato virus Y (PVY), alfalfa mosaic virus, and tobacco vein mottling virus, in replicated field experiments.

Correlation coefficients for PVY incidence and the number of alate aphids trapped 3 wk previously were 0.87 ( P< 0.01), 0.40, and 0.35 for Aphis spp., Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch), respectively, suggesting Aphis spp. were the significant vectors.}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY}, author={REAGAN, TE and GOODING, GV and KENNEDY, GG}, year={1979}, pages={538–540} }
 @article{reagan_stinner_rabb_tuttle_1979, title={SIMULATION-MODEL DEPICTING THE PRODUCTION OF OVERWINTERING HORNWORMS ON TOBACCO (LEPIDOPTERA, SPHINGIDAE)}, volume={8}, ISSN={["0046-225X"]}, DOI={10.1093/ee/8.2.268}, abstractNote={Diapause production of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (L.), on flue-cured tobacco in North Carolina is examined and quantified. The resultant simulation model uses an ovipositional preference matrix constructed from egg counts on various phenological states in experimental field plots in different areas. The model considers foliage consumption of the pest species and the effect of parasitization on host feeding. It requires host plant data inputs, provides damage information, and predicts potentially overwintering populations as related to existing cultural practices and hypothetical situations meaningful in developing long-term management strategies.}, number={2}, journal={ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY}, author={REAGAN, TE and STINNER, RE and RABB, RL and TUTTLE, C}, year={1979}, pages={268–273} }
 @article{reagan_rabb_1977, title={SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING DEVELOPMENT, BEHAVIOR AND SURVIVAL OF HORNWORMS ON POSTHARVEST TOBACCO LEPIDOPTERA-SPHINGIDAE}, volume={70}, ISSN={["0013-8746"]}, DOI={10.1093/aesa/70.1.140}, abstractNote={Foliage consumption and survival of late-stage larvae of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (L.), were studied in relation to intraspecific competition and parasitization by Apanteles congregatus (Say) on postharvest tobacco. Over 70% of 5th-stage larvae which had attained only 1/2 the expected prepupal weight were able to pupate. Reductions in feeding were as much as 20-fold for some parasitized larvae.

The rate of development and survival of hornworm larvae were affected by the amount and quality of sucker growth, as influenced by the preharvest use of maleic hydrazide (a systemic plant growth inhibitor). Depletion of foliage under heavy feeding pressure induced feeding on flowers and unopened seed heads, food of marginal suitability for development and survival.

Compensation by the host plant for foliage loss to hornworm feeding was displayed by an increased succulence of foliage and an abundance of more suckers following defoliation.}, number={1}, journal={ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA}, author={REAGAN, TE and RABB, RL}, year={1977}, pages={140–143} }
 @article{reagan_rabb_collins_1974, title={TOBACCO BUDWORM - INFLUENCE OF EARLY TOPPING AND SUCKER CONTROL PRACTICES ON INFESTATIONS IN FLUE-CURED TOBACCO}, volume={67}, ISSN={["0022-0493"]}, DOI={10.1093/jee/67.4.551}, abstractNote={Infestations of Heliothis virescens (F.) were reduced 3-fold in tobacco sucker control treatments where plants had been topped in the prebutton or button stage compared to those topped in the early to full flower stage. Early topping eliminated the portion most attractive for oviposition and removed eggs and small larvae on buttons and flowers. Use of chemical sucker control agents, by inhibiting rapid growth of suckers, reduced the ovipositional attractiveness of topped plants but did not cause direct mortality.}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY}, author={REAGAN, TE and RABB, RL and COLLINS, WK}, year={1974}, pages={551–552} }