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EFFECTS OF PRECIPITATION ON CROP INSECTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Bryan P. Beirne
Bryan P. Beirne*
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Pestology Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
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Abstract

A review and analysis of the literature showed that precipitation, or its absence, can regulate the numbers of or the damage by insect pests of annual crops in Canada in essentially four main ways: as soil moisture, when the insects are in the ground; as a mechanical factor that impinges directly on them when they are exposed; through its effects on foodplants; and through its effects on natural enemies of the pests. Though any one pest species may be influenced by two or more of these processes and in different ways by each depending on the stage of its life cycle that is affected, usually only one way is significant. Precipitation is so far of little value in forecasting pest situations reliably, but water in various forms has much potential for use as a pest control agent.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 11 , November 1970 , pp. 1360 - 1373
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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