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INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND HOST VIGOR ON FECUNDITY OF THE PEAR PSYLLA (HOMOPTERA: PSYLLIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. D. McMullen  and
C. Jong
R. D. McMullen
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Summerland, British Columbia
C. Jong
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Summerland, British Columbia
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Abstract

Average fecundity of free-living and caged female Psylla pyricola Foerster on pear trees was reduced by high summer temperatures and low host vigor. Implications of these observations in the planning of control programs is discussed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 8 , August 1972 , pp. 1209 - 1212
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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