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PRONUNCIATION OF BOLLWORM

bollworm  [ˈbəʊlˌwɜːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOLLWORM

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Bollworm is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BOLLWORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bollworm

A bollworm is a common term for any larva of a moth that attacks the fruiting bodies of certain crops, especially cotton. The most common moths known as bollworms are: ▪ Red or Sudan Bollworm: Diaparopsis ▪ Rough Bollworm: Earias perhuegeli ▪ Spotted Bollworm: Earias fabia ▪ Spiny Bollworm: Earias insulana ▪ Spotted Bollworm: Earias vittella ▪ American Cotton Bollworm or Tomato Grub: Helicoverpa armigera ▪ Cotton Bollworm: Helicoverpa gelotopoeon ▪ Cotton Bollworm: Helicoverpa punctigera ▪ Corn Earworm: Helicoverpa zea ▪ Tobacco Budworm: Heliothis virescens ▪ Pink Bollworm: Pectinophora gossypiella ▪ Pink Spotted Bollworm: Pectinophora scutigera...

Definition of bollworm in the English dictionary

The definition of bollworm in the dictionary is any of various moth caterpillars, such as Pectinophora gossypiella, that feed on and destroy cotton bolls.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOLLWORM


angleworm
ˈæŋɡəlˌwɜːm
bloodworm
ˈblʌdˌwɜːm
bookworm
ˈbʊkˌwɜːm
budworm
ˈbʌdˌwɜːm
cutworm
ˈkʌtˌwɜːm
earthworm
ˈɜːθˌwɜːm
earworm
ˈɪəˌwɜːm
eelworm
ˈiːlˌwɜːm
flatworm
ˈflætˌwɜːm
heartworm
ˈhɑːtˌwɜːm
hookworm
ˈhʊkˌwɜːm
mealworm
ˈmiːlˌwɜːm
pillworm
ˈpɪlˌwɜːm
pinworm
ˈpɪnˌwɜːm
ringworm
ˈrɪŋˌwɜːm
rootworm
ˈruːtˌwɜːm
roundworm
ˈraʊndˌwɜːm
sandworm
ˈsændˌwɜːm
silkworm
ˈsɪlkˌwɜːm
tapeworm
ˈteɪpˌwɜːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOLLWORM

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boll
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bollocking
bollocks
Bollywood
bolo
Bologna
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Bolognese
bolograph
bolometer
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WORDS THAT END LIKE BOLLWORM

army worm
bagworm
cankerworm
corn earworm
deworm
fireworm
fishworm
glow-worm
Guinea worm
hornworm
inchworm
lindworm
lugworm
lungworm
threadworm
tube worm
webworm
whipworm
white worm
worm

Synonyms and antonyms of bollworm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bollworm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOLLWORM

Find out the translation of bollworm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bollworm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bollworm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

棉铃虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bollworm
570 millions of speakers

English

bollworm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bollworm
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دودة اللوز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

совка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bollworm
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bollworm
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bollworm
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kapselwurm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アメリカタバコガの幼虫
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

면화씨 벌레
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bollworm
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sâu đục quả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bollworm
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोंडअळीचे झाड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yeşilkurt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bollworm
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bollworm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

совка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

viermele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bollworm
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bolwurm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bollworm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bollworm med en kropps
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bollworm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOLLWORM»

The term «bollworm» is regularly used and occupies the 105.397 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOLLWORM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bollworm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOLLWORM»

Discover the use of bollworm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bollworm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Farmers' Bulletin
fc. i. dfr. CONTROLLING. THE. PINK. BOLLWORM. ON. COTTON. The pink bolhvorm is an insect that can cause severe damage to cotton ; it also damages okra. This pest probably originated in India and was spread in planting seed to Egypt ...
2
bibliography pink bollworm pectinophora
Seasonal pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), infestations of transgenic and non-transgenic cottons. The Southwestern Entomologist 25:273– 286. Henneberry, T.J., L. Forlow Jech, and R.A. Burke. 1996. Pink bollworm adult  ...
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Report of the Pink Bollworm of Cotton
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Ernest Emmett Scholl, 2012
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Production and Characterization of Bt Cry1Ac Resistance in ...
CHAPTER 2: PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRY1AC-RESISTANT COTTON BOLLWORM, HELICOVERPA ZEA (BODDIE) Laboratory-selected Bt-resistant colonies are important tools for ...
Konasale Jayaramu Anilkumar, 2008
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Thesaurus of Agricultural Organisms
... Rabila frontalis bollworm (E) see Heliothis zea bollworm, African (E) see Heliothis armigera bollworm, Angola red (E) see Diparopsis tephagramma bollworm, diamond (E) see Earias cupreoviridis bollworm, Egyptian (E) see Earias insulana ...
Derwent Publications, 1990
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Pink bollworm control in the western United States
Fifty years of research on the pink bollworm in the United States. U.S. Department of Agriculture Agriculture Handbook No. 357, 62 p. (29) Owens, W. L, Jr., and Calhoun, S. L. 1932. Biology of the pink bollworm at Presidio, Texas. Journal of ...
United States. Science and Education Administration, Harry Morgan Graham, 1980
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The Pink bollworm: how we fight it
Quarantines Federal and companion State quarantines control movement of cotton and its products, and okra, from all counties in which pink bollworm infestations are found. Since 1913 a Federal quarantine has excluded from this country ...
United States. Dept. of Agriculture, 1953
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Integrated Pest Management: Concepts, Tactics, Strategies ...
The pink bollworm is difficult to control with insecticides because the egg is typically protected under the calyx of the boll and it spends the destructive larval phase inside the cotton boll where it is also well protected. Cultural controls, such as a ...
Edward B. Radcliffe, William D. Hutchison, Rafael E. Cancelado, 2009
9
The Cotton Bollworm
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Altus Lacy Quaintance, Charles Thomas Brues, 2011
10
Toxics A to Z: A Guide to Everyday Pollution Hazards
Cotton hosts at least half a dozen major pest species, including the pink bollworm , the cotton bollworm, the lygus bug or fleahopper, the boll weevil, the cotton aphid, and the tobacco budworm. Consequently, in many parts of the United States ...
John Harte, Cheryl Holdren, Richard Schneider, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOLLWORM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bollworm is used in the context of the following news items.
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Outlook for cotton crop in Punjab
The peripheral districts of southern Punjab are currently reporting a bollworm attack, but it is in isolated fields and has not gained any ... «DAWN.com, Jul 15»
2
Arizona cotton acreage slides 75 percent in last 22 years
Accordingly, Liesner says this year's cotton acres have fewer pink bollworm (PBW) and boll weevil ACPC-placed traps - 1,391 PBW traps this ... «Western Farm Press, Jul 15»
3
Cotton USA starts grand plans for the Philippines
Bollworm is any larva or moth that attacks the fruiting bodies of certain crops, especially cotton. Thus genetically-engineered Bt cotton was ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
4
Ladybug, Ladybug
They will also munch on other soft-bodied insects such as whiteflies, mealybugs, scales, mites, bollworm, broccoli worm, tomato hornworm, ... «SCVNEWS.com, Jul 15»
5
Falling Crop Prices: Double whammy for cottonseed companies
(Bt refers to Bacillus thuringiensis, a bacterium that produces proteins toxic to bollworm insect pests and whose genes are inserted into crops ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Indian farmer suicide more closely linked to small farm size and rain …
... way in which rain-fed cotton could be managed in India to avoid crop losses from insect damage caused by pests such as the pink bollworm. «Genetic Literacy Project, Jul 15»
7
Nagpur's CICR seeks to wean farmers away from Bt Cotton hybrids
Such is the memory of bollworm terror that farmers do not wish to take chances with seeds that do not have the protective Bt gene in them. «Firstpost, Jun 15»
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GMO Bt cotton can increase Indian farmer bankruptcy, suicide risk …
The annual emergence of the key cotton pest pink bollworm in spring is poorly timed to attack rain-fed cotton and large populations of the pest ... «Genetic Literacy Project, Jun 15»
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Farmer Suicides in Rainfed Areas of India Correlate with Genetically …
Pink bollworm causes damage in irrigated cotton, but not in rainfed cotton ... Hybrid Bt cotton, introduced in 2002 to control bollworm and other ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jun 15»
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Bt Cotton responsible for suicides in rain-fed areas, says study
The annual emergence of the key cotton pest pink bollworm in spring is poorly timed to attack rain-fed cotton and large populations of the pest ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»

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