Abstract Kernels of sweet maize are directly consumed by humans. This high value crop is grown in arid and semi-arid regions western Jilin Province, China where trickle irrigation widely used larvae the corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis Guenée (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), can cause significant kernel damage. Low humidity less conducive to efficacy biological control agent, Beauveria bassiana (Balsam...