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Enhancing parasitism of the introduced ash tree pest, Caloptilia fraxinella by native parasitoid, Apanteles polychrosidis in Edmonton, Alberta: Not just a matter of more parasitoids being attracted to infested trees
DownloadFall 2018
Hymenopteran parasitoids are widely studied and employed as biological controls to reduce populations of pest insects. Apanteles polychrosidis Vierek (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a native parasitoid wasp that has shifted hosts, becoming the primary parasitoid of the ash leaf-cone roller,...
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Integrated pest management of Sitona lineatus L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in crops of Pisum sativum L. (Fabales: Fabaceae) in Western Canada
DownloadFall 2010
Sitona lineatus L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a pest of Pisum sativum L. (Fabales: Fabaceae) and managing it is a challenge because of its fecundity, migratory behavior and concealed larval habitat. Potential components of an integrated pest management program for S. lineatus were...
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Integrating the building blocks of agronomy into an integrated pest management system for wheat stem sawfly
DownloadFall 2011
The wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus Norton [Hymenoptera: Cephidae]) is a serious threat to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and other cereal grains in the northern Great Plains. Insecticides have proven ineffective for sawfly control and may be detrimental to beneficial insects. The management of...
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Optimization of semiochemical monitoring for pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in the Prairie Provinces
DownloadFall 2017
The pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is an invasive pest of increasing concern to pulse producers in the Canadian Prairie Provinces. Pea leaf weevil larvae cause damage to field pea (Pisum sativum) and faba bean (Vicia faba) crops by feeding on root nodules...